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ey,lookwho'shere!Yeah!-M

nesatdown?Whydon'tyoujustsitdown?Thatwayyoucanseeme,andIcan...Alittlelessformaland...-What'supwiththelove-in?-Don'tlookatme.Idon'tknowwhathe'supto.-Goodtoseeyou.-Good

ht.PutmethroughtoState

rethanwhatyouare.CanyouexcusemeifI'mabitdistractedhere?No!Youcan'tbedistractedrightnow!Listentome!General.Welcome,Mr.Stark.Welookforwardtoyourweaponspresentation.Thanks.I

wer,sir.-Climb!-Elevenpercent.-Keepgoing!-Sevenpercentpower.-Justleaveit

tion.AndnowthatI'mtryingtop

acourt-martial.Thisiscrazy.WhatdidIdo?Ifeellikeyou'regoingtopulloverandsnuffme.

.Isthattoday'spaper?Yes.Doyoumind?-Notatall.-Puzzle.O

peakup,please.-Whatinthehellisthatnoise?-Oh,yeah,I

ublic.Thepress.-Thiswasaboa

AnunfortunatetrainingexerciseinvolvinganF-22Raptoroccurredyesterday.Iampleasedtoreportthatthepilotwasnotinjured.Asfortheunexpectedtur

net,hookeduptoacarbattery,andit'skeepingtheshrapnelfromenteringyourheart.That'sright.

say,isittoomuchtoaskforboth?Withthatinmind,IhumblypresentthecrownjewelofStarkIndustries'FreedomLin

imselfinthatcave.Breaksmyheart.Well,he'sacomplicate

man!Shakehimoff!Roll!Roll!I'mhit!I'mhit

seburgerfirst.Lookatthis!Tony.-Weweregoingtomeetatthehospita

rmagazine.CanIaskyouacoupleofquestions?-She'scute.-She'sallright?-Hi.-Hi.-Yeah.Okay,go.-It'sokay?You'vebeencalledthedaVinciofourtime.-What

gonnabetomorrow?-Optimistically,40points.-Atminimum.Yep.Tony,we'reaweaponsmanufacturer.Obie

dofdirectorsmeeting.-Thiswasaboardofdirectorsmeeting?Theboardisclaimingyou

sofar.Findanexcusetoletoneoftheseoffthechain,andIpersonallyguaranteeyouthebadguyswon

nexpectedfruit.Sothisishowhedidit.Thisisonlyafirst,crudeeffort.Starkhasperfectedhisdesign.Hehasmadeamasterpieceofdeath.Amanwithadozeno

tries?Tellyouwhat.Yougotit.You'reabsolutelyright.Well,I'mgoingtogotomyassistant,andwe'llmakeadate.Youlookfantastic!Ididn'trecognizeyou.-Whatareyoudoinghe

onitorsup!Wegotabogey!-Wasn'tAirForce!-WegottheCIAontheline?I'vegotLangleyontheline.Theywanttoknowifit'sus.No,itdefinitelyisnotus,sir!-Itwasn'tNavy.-Wasn'tMarines.Ineedanswers!CanIpleaseg

isn'tit?Ifthisisgo

,hehitme.NowareyougoingtocomebyandseewhatI'mworkingon?No,no,no,no,no,no,thelessIknow,

lostboss?-Tearsofjoy.Ihatejobhunting.-Yeah,vacation'sover.Whereto,sir?-Takeustothehospital,please,Happy.-N

ngageHeadsUpDisplay.-Check.Importallpreferencesfromhomeinterface.Willdo,sir.Allright,what

byanew-foundpower.Villagershavebeenforcedtotakeshelterinwhatevercrudedwellingst

ompletelyfine.But,youknow,thenme,you'remyb

mindifIcomedownthereandseewhatyou'redoing?Goodnight,Obie.Day11,test37,configuration2.0.Forlackofabetteroption,Dummyisstillonfiresafety.Ifyoudousemeagain,andI'mnotonfire,I'mdonatingyoutoac

eggtogive.Doyoureallythi

prightnow.-Yes.Talktome.Tellmewhenyo

mberfromthenewsreels.IsawyoungAmericanskilledbytheveryweaponsIcreatedtodefendthemandprote

efromme.-Ialreadydid.-And?-Itwasverynice.-Yeah.-Verytasteful.Thankyou,Mr.Stark.You'rewelcome,Miss

e.-She'sallright?-Hi.-Hi.-Yeah.Okay,go.-It'sokay?You'vebeencalledthedaVinciofourtime.-Whatdoyousayto

s.Youknow,wemightbemoreproductiveifyouincludemeintheplanningprocess.Okay,wedon'tneedthis.Whatisthat?That'spalladium,0.15grams.Weneedatleast1.6,sowhydon'tyougobreakdowntheother1

skedyoutosimplymakeitsmaller.Okay,sir,andthat'swhatwe'retryingtodo,buthonestly,it'simpossible.TonyStarkwasabletobuildthisinacave!Withaboxofscraps!Well,I'msorry.I'mnotTonyStark.Tony?Tony,

todo?-Putthatonthetableoverthere.-Thatisirrelevan

intoit.Twopercent.Wearenowrunningonemergencybackuppower.-Potts!-Tony!Oh,myGod,are

ofmefor?What,yougotplans?-Asamatteroffact,Ido.-Idon'tlikeitwhenyouhaveplans.I'mallowedtohaveplansonmybirthday.-It'syourbirthday?-Yes.Iknewthat.Already?Yeah.Isn

akesmelookliketheonewho'str

t.Commencingautomatedassembly.Estimatedcompletiontimeisfivehours.Don'twaitupforme,honey.Weaponsmanufacturingisonl

ll,Ineedyourhelprightnow.It'sfunnyhowthatwo

tranintoalittlespeedbump.-Speedbump,whatdoesthatmean?-It'snothing.It'sjustalittlesnag.There'sanexposedwireunderthisdevice.Andit'scontactin

reandbuttonmeup.Okay.Allright.Everyotherhexbolt.-They'recoming!-Nothingpretty,justgetitdone.-Justgetitdone.-They'recoming.Makes

omorrow?-Optimistically,40points.-Atminimum.Yep.Tony,we'reaweaponsmanufacturer

usethestocksdipped40p

percentpower.-Justleaveitonthescreen!Stoptellingme!Youhadagreatidea,Tony,butmysuitismoreadvancedineveryway!How'dyousolvetheicingproblem?Icingproblem?Mightwanttolookintoit.Twopercent.We

!-Wegottahurry.Takethis.Takethis.-Yougottaswitchitoutreallyquick.-Okay.Okay.-Tony?It'sgoingtobeokay.-What?-Isit?-It'sgonnabeokay.-I'mgonnamakethisokay.-Let'shope.Okay,y

o.Whatyouneedistimetogetyourmindright.-I'mserious.-Okay.It'sniceseeingyou,Tony.Thanks.-Jarvis,youup?-Foryou,sir,always.I'dl

time,baby.Lookslikeyouwereright.Hewasbuildingasuit.Ithoughtit'dbebigger.HowdoyouthinktheMarkOnechestpieceisgoingtoholdup?Thesuit'sat48%powerandfalling,sir.Thatchestpiecewasneverdesignedforsustain

rtheworldbackoncourse,putthebalanceofpowerinourhands.Therighthands.Iwishyoucould'veseenmyprototype.It'snotas...Well,notascon

lehopefortheserefugees.Aroundme,awomanbeggingfornewsonherhusband,whowaskid

nIspeaktoyouforamoment?I'mnotpartofthepressconference,butit'sabou

plete.Preparingtopowerdownandbegindiagnostics.Yeah.Tellyouwhat.DoaweatherandATCcheck.Startlisteninginongroundcontrol.Sir,therearestillterabytesofcalculationsneededbeforeanactualflightis...Jarvis

-It'sjustagame,nevermind.-Justgentlyliftthewire.Okay?

withthesethings.Let'sjustputsomethingonthebooks.Howaboutthe24that7:

blyunderExecutiveFiles.Ifnot,theyputitonaghostdrive,inwhichcaseyouneedtolookforthelowestnumericheading.AndwhatdoyouplantodowiththisinformationifIbringitbackhere?Samedrill.They'vebeendeal

edbyadvancingmedicaltechnologyorkeptfromstarvationwithourintelli-crops?Allthosebreakthroughs,militaryfunding,honey.Youeverloseanh

alwaysforgettoweardeodorantandda

icalsatellite.Thatshouldensureafuselageintegritywhilemaintainingpower-to-weightratio.-Gotit?-Yes.ShallIrenderusingproposedspecificat

.It'sprobablyunderExecutiveFiles.Ifnot,theyputitona

yourlife.Youroffice.Yeah,

eawholelotofpeoplearoundhererealhappy,'causethatlittlestuntatthepressconference,thatwasadoozy.Thisisnotforthemilitary.I'mnot...It'sdifferent.What?You'reahumanitariannoworsomething?-Inee

atyouthink.Iwantyoutocallforapr

bilitytolookintoasituationbeyondtheobviousanddiscern

s,huh?Yeah.Speakingoffunny,we'vegotaweaponsdepotthatwasjustblownupafewclicksfromwhereyouwerebeingheldcaptive.Well,that'sahotspot.Soundslikesome

heseup.Ineedweldinggear.Idon'tcareifit'sacetyleneorpropane.Ineedasolderingstation.Ineedhelmets.I'mgonnaneedgoggles.Iwouldlikeas

r?What,yougotplans?-Asamatteroffact,Ido.-Idon'tlikeitwhenyouhaveplans.I'mallowedtoh

ming.Makesurethecheckpointsareclear

oingtocomebyandseewhatI'mworkingon?No,no,no,no,no,no,thelessIknow,thebetter.N

ategicHomelandIntervention,EnforcementandLogisticsDivision.-That'squiteamouthful

slow,allright?IthinkIgottheboardrightwherewewantthe

is.Mykey'snotworking.It'snotopeningthedoor.Oh,wow!Wh

ldjuststaytillthemorning.-Youareunbelievable.-Oh,no!Didtheyropeyouintothis?-Nobodyropedmeintoanything!-I'msosorry.-ButtheytoldmethatifIpresentedyouwithanaward,you'dbedeeplyhonored.OfcourseI'dbede

ircaves.Foryourconsideration,theJericho.I'llbethrowingoneoftheseinwitheverypurchaseof5

lgetbacktoyouwiththefollow-up.-Whereishe?-He'sinside.Well,that...Thatwentwell.DidIjustpaintatarge

ngtosign.Thereisthenextmissionandnothingelse.Isthatso?Well,then,Iquit.YoustoodbymysidealltheseyearswhileIreapedthebenefitsofdestruction.AndnowthatI'mtryingtopro

mselfinthatcave.Breaksmyheart.Well,he'sacomplicatedperson.He'sbeenthroughalot.Ithinkhe'llbeallright.Youareaveryrarewoman.Tonydoesn'tknowhowluckyheis.Thankyou.Thanks.I'db

ppy.-No.No?Tony,youhaveto-gotothehospital.-Noisacompleteanswer.-The

houldbeableto...

?Actually,Idon'tknowwhototrustrightnow.Tillfurthernotice,whydon'twejustkeepeverythingonmyprivateserver?Workingonasecretproject,arewe,sir?Idon'twantthiswindingupinthewronghands.Mayb

befearedorrespected?Isay,i

eyou,thedayweaponsarenolongerneededtokeepthepeace,I'llstartmakingbricksandbeamsforbabyhospitals.Rehearsethatmuch?Everyni

nershipwiththefireandrescuecommunity...-Hey,Tony,rememberme?-Suredon't.Youlookgreat,Hef.We'regoingtohaveagreatquarter.What'stheworldcomingtowhenaguy'sgottocrashhisownparty?Lookatyou.Hey,what

.I'mgoingtohavetocallyouback.Mr.Stane?Sir,we'veexploredwhatyou'veaskedu

rcuits.WhenIgetclearoftheroof,I'llletyouknow.You'regoingtohitthemasterbypassbutton.It'sgoingtofryeverythinguphere.Okay.I'mgoinginnow.MakesureyouwaittillIcleartheroof.I'llbuyyousom

his.-Yougottaswitchitoutreallyquick.-Okay.Okay.-Tony?It'sgoingtobeokay.-What?-Isit?-It'sgonnabeokay.-I'mgonnamakethisokay.-Let'shope.Okay,you'

KhantorulefromthePacifictotheUkraine.AnempiretwicethesizeofAlexandertheGreatandfourtimesthesizeoftheRomanEmpire.Buttoday,whoeverholdsthelatestStarkweapon

hatdoyouwantmetodowiththis?-That?Destroyit.Incinerateit.Youdon'twanttokeepit?Pepper,I'vebeencalledmanythings."Nostalgic"isnotoneof

,hepaidtohaveTonykilled?Pepper,slowdown.WhywouldObadiah

ttleinternaldiscussionandwe'llgetbacktoyouwiththefollow-up.-Whereishe?-He'sinside.Well,that...Thatwentwell.DidIjustpainta

that'sgoingtopickthelock?Youmightwanttotakeafewstepsback.That'sthecoolestthingI'veeverseen.Notbad,huh?Let'sdoit.Youne

feveryonethatIworkwithinadresswithnoback.-Youlookgreatandyousmellgreat.-Oh,God.ButIcouldfireyouifthatwouldtaketheedgeoff.Iactuallydon'tthinkthatyou

dmetolaylow.That'swhatI'vebeendoing.-Ilaylow,andyoutakecareofall...-Hey,comeon.Inpublic

youwanttogoout?IsthisthelastactofdefianceofthegreatTonyStark?O

ereIexit.-Allright.Tomorrow,don'tbelate.-Yeah,youcancountonit.-I'mserious!Iknow,Iknow.RenderuntoCaesarthatwhichisCaesar's.Thereyougo.Mr.Stark!Excuseme,Mr.Stark!ChristineEverhart,VanityFairma

I'dbedeeplyhonored.Andit'syou,that'sgreat.-Sowhendowedoit?-It'srighthere.-Hereyougo.-Thereitis.Thatwaseasy.-Hereyougo.-Thereitis.Thatwaseasy.-I'msosorry.-Yeah,it'

Oh,myGod,youcrazysonofabitch.Youowemeaplane.Youknowthat,right?Yeah,well,technically,hehitme.NowareyougoingtocomebyandseewhatI'mworkingon?No,no,no,no,no,no,thelessIknow,thebetter.Now,whatamIsupposedto

upoficeoccurring.Keepgoing!Higher!Weicedup,Jarvis!Deployflaps!Jarvis!Comeon,wegottobreaktheice!Killpower.Notes.Maintransducerfeelssluggishatplus40altitude.Hullpress

'mhit!It'sconfirmed.Hehasbeenhit.Punchout!Punchout!WhiplashOnedown.WhiplashTwo,doyouseeachute

tterfingers,comehere.What'sallthisstuffdoingontopofmydesk?That'smyphone,that'sapictureofmeandmyd

"-Whatdoyoumean,"Operation"?-It'sjustagame,nevermind.-Justgentlyliftthewire.Okay?Great.-Okay.Youknow,

heweapon.Come.Leaveyourguardsoutside.Hisescapeboreunexpectedfruit.Sothisishowhedidit.Thisisonlyafirst,crudeeffort.Starkhasperfectedhisdesign.Hehasmad

torulefromthePacifictotheUkraine.AnempiretwicethesizeofAlexandertheGreatandfo

re.Theothereight?SoIgotyoufortheothereight.-Howaboutalittleair?-Yes,Ineedsomeair.-Thatwastotallyweird.-Totallyharm

orkingonit.Youknow,we'vebeenapproachedalreadybytheDOD,theFBI,theCIA...We'reaseparatedivisionwithamorespecificfocus.Weneedt

sgonnahappen.-Fifty-sixandahalf.-Itdoesn'tmatter.Weownthecontrollinginterestinthecompany.Tony,theboardhasrights,too.They'remakingthecasethatyouandyournewdirection-isn'tinthecom

gain.Idon'thaveanyonebutyou.Anyway...-Whatdoyouwantmetodowiththis?-That?Destroyit.Incinerateit.Youdon'twanttokeepit?Pepper,I'vebeencalledmanythings."Nostalgic"is

.Allright,let'sseewhatthisthingcando.What'sSR-71'srecord?Thealtituderecordforfixedwingflightis85,000feet,sir.Recordsaremadetobebroken!Comeon!Sir,thereisapotenti

ere'sverylittlehopef

completelyharmless.Ididn'texpectthat.How'ditgo?Itwentthatbad,huh?JustbecauseIbroughtpizzabackfromNewYork-doesn'tmeanitwentbad.-Suredoesn't.Oh,bo

ctuallydon'tthinkthatyoucouldtieyourshoeswithoutme.-I'dmakeitaweek.Sure.-Really?What'syourSocialSecuritynumber?-Five.-Five?-Right.-Right.You'remissingjust

'mkidding.Yeah,peace.Ilovepeace.I'dbeoutofajobwithpeace.Comeon.Hurryup.Justclickit.Don'tchangeanysettings.-What'sgoingon?-Contactleft!What

irtualenvironment.Doacheckoncontrolsurfaces.Asyouwish.Testcomplete.Preparingtopowerdownandbegindiagnostics.Ye

tapparently,notenoughforthisplace.TheyspeakArabic,Urdu,Dari,Pashto,Mongolian,Farsi,Russian.-Whoarethesepeople?-Theyar

.It'sfunnyhowthatworks,huh?Yeah.Spe

othereight?SoIgotyoufortheothere

otredcarpetisrighthereattheDisneyConcertHall,whereTonyStark'sthirdannualbenefitfortheFirefighter'sFamilyFundhasbecometheplacetobeforL.A.'shighsociety.Jarvis,weget

he'sacomplicatedperson.He'sbeenthroughalot.Ithinkhe'llbeallright.Youareaveryrarewoman.Tonydoesn'tknowhowluckyheis.Thankyou.Thanks.I'dbette

zetome.I'myourman.Hi

EastHamptonwherehelivedandworked,-not"spring"liketheseason.-So?Ithinkit'safairexample.Ithinkit'sincrediblyoverpriced.Ineedit.Buyit.Storeit.Okay.TheMITcommencementspeech...IsinJune.Please,don'

stdon'tletittouchthesocketwalloritgoes"beep."-Whatdoyoumean,"Operation"?-It'sjustagame,nevermind.-Justge

happy,'causethatlittlestuntatthepressconference,thatwasadoozy.Thisisnotforth

twedo.We'reironmongers.Wemakeweapons.It'smynameon

optellingme!Youhadagreatidea,Tony,butmysuitismoreadvancedineveryway!How'dyousolvetheicingproblem?Icingproblem?Mightwanttolookintoit.Twopercent.Wearenowrunningonemergency

sbeenattributedtoagroupofforeignfightersreferredtobylocalsastheTenRings.Asyoucansee,thesemenare

eishe?-He'sinside.Well,that...Thatwentwell.DidIjustpaintatargetonthebackofmyhead?Yourhead?Whataboutmyhead?Whatdoy

,you'refine.You'rethemostcapable,qualified,trustworthypersonI'veevermet.You'regonna

,rememberme?-Suredon't.Youloo

s'llgetyouin.It'sprobablyunderExecutiveFiles.Ifnot,theyputitonaghostdrive,inwhich

sdifferent.What?You'reahumanitariannoworsomething?-Ineedyoutolistentome.-No.Whatyouneedistimetogetyourmindright.-I'mserious.-Okay.It'sniceseeingyou,Ton

mine,itcanactuallydosomegood.Next.Up.Notintheboot,Dummy.Righthere.Yougotme?Stayput.Nice.You'reofnobenefitatall.Mo

anysettings.-What'sgoingon?-Contactleft!Whathavewegot?Jimmy,staywithStark!-Staydown!-Yeah.Sonofabitch!-Wait,wait,wait!Givemeagun!-Stayhere!Whoa!TonyStark.Visionary.Genius.Americanpatriot.

'mdonatingyoutoacitycollege.Allright,niceandeasy.Seriously,justgonnastartoffwith1%thrustcapacity.Andthree,two,one.Okay.Pleasedon'tfollowmearoundwithit,either,'causeIfeellikeI'mgonnacatchonfirespo

hestocksdipped40points?Weknewthatwasgonnahappen.-Fifty-sixandahalf.-Itdoesn'tmatter.Weownthecontrollinginterestinthecompany.Tony,theboardhasrights,too.They'remaki

per!-Tony!Tony,areyouokay?-I'mfine.Howare...-Obadiah,he'sgoneinsane!-Iknow.-Listen,you'dbettergetout

ase.Iwouldn'tdothatifIwereyou.Whatthe

ey,it'sme.-It'swho?-I'msorry,itisme.Youasked.Whatyouwereaskingaboutisme.No,see,thisisn'tagame.Youdonotsendcivilianequipmentintomyactivewarzone.-Youunderstandtha

ustries!I'vegotonerecommendation!Ready?Ready?Sell,sell,sell!Abandonship!DoestheHindenburgringanybells?LetmeshowyouthenewStarkIndustriesbusinessplan!Look,that'saweaponscomp

oneexpectsanappearancefromhimtonight.Therenderiscomplete.Alittleostentatious,don'tyouthink?WhatwasIthinking?You'reusuallysodiscreet.Tellyouwhat.Throwalittlehot-rodredinthere.Yes,thatshouldhelpyou

h...Okay,where'sTonynow?Idon'tknow.He'snotansweringhisphone.Pleasegooverthereandmakesureeverything'sokay.Thankyou,Rhodey.Iknowashortcut.Goodboy.Tony

mber.-No,youwouldn't.IfIh

aponsdepotthatwasjustblownupafewclicksfromwhereyouwerebeingheldcaptive.Well,that'sahotspot.Soundslikeso

ktoit.Thiswasalwaystheplan,Stark.Comeon,you'regonnagoseeyourfamily.Getup.Myfamilyisdead.I'mgoingtoseethemnow,Stark.It'sokay.Iwantthis.Iwantthis.Thankyou

expectedfruit.Sothisishowhedidit.Thisisonlyafirst,crudeeffort.Starkhasperfectedhisdesign.Hehasmadeamasterpieceofdeath.AmanwithadozenofthesecanruleallofAsia.AndyoudreamofStark'sthrone.Wehaveacommonen

ing.Okay,you,too.-Idon'tblowonaman'sdice.-Comeon,honeybear.Thereitis.LieutenantColonelRhodesrolls!And...Twocraps.Lineaway.-That'swhathappens.-Worsethingshavehappened.Ithinkwe'

gdowntheweaponsmanufacturingdivisionofStarkInternationaluntilsuchatimeasIcandecidewhatthefutureofthecompanywillbe.I

hadabreakthroughinthatinwhat

ototyperightaway.Hey.Youbusy?YoumindifIsendyouonanerrand?Ineedyoutogotomyof

whatarewegoingtodoaboutthis?Iknowwha

Starkhasjustgoneup.So,whatarewegoingtodoaboutthis?Iknowwhatyou'regoingthrough,Pepper.Tony.Healwaysgetsthegoodstuff,doesn'the

ve.Weknewthatbeforewebuiltit.Arcreactortechnology,that'sadeadend,right?Maybe.AmIright?Wehaven'thadabreak

ngconflict,butfortunately,theChristmascoverwastwins.Anythingelse?You'rekiddingmewiththehandup,right?-IsitcoolifItakeapicturewithyou?-Yes.It'sverycool.Allri

callyou?-MynameisYinsen.Yinsen.Nicetomeetyo

forfixedwingflightis85,000feet,sir.Recordsaremadetobebroken!Comeon!Sir,thereisapotentiallyfatalbuildupoficeoccurring.Keepgoing!Higher!Weic

justjogginginthecanyon.-Ithoughtyouweredriving.-Right,Iwasdrivi

ewegot?Jimmy,staywithStark!-Staydown!-Yeah.Sonofabitch!-Wait,wait,wait!Givemeagun!-Stayhere!Whoa!TonyStark.Visionary.Genius.Americanpatr

you?Goodnight,Tony.-Hey,Tony.-I'msorry,thisisthe"fun-vee."The"hum-drum-vee"isbackthere.-Nicejob.-Seeyoubackatbase.Iwouldn'tdotha

.Maybeinmine,itcanactuallydosomegood.Next.Up.N

n'tfollowmearoundwithit,either,'causeIfeellikeI'mgonnacatchonfirespontaneously.Juststanddown!Ifsomethinghappens,thencomein.Andagain,let'sbringitupto2.5.Three,two,one.Okay,thisiswhereIdon'twanttobe!N

indingupin

nareheavilyarmedandonamission.Amis

ouhadagreatidea,Tony,butmysuitismoreadvancedineveryway!How'dyousolvetheicingproblem?Icingp

e,two,one.Okay.Pleasedon'tfollowmear

gyourheart.That'sright.Sm

I'mjustindifferentrightnow.-Hottowel?Youdon'trespectyourself,-soIknowyoudon'trespectme.-Iresp

lkingdeadbecausei

meetatthehospital.-No,I'mfine.Lookatyou!-Youhadtohaveaburger,yeah?-Well,comeon.-Yougetmeoneofthose?-There'sonlyoneleft.Ineedit.Hey

e,stepsint

sstuffdoingontopofmydesk?That'smyphone,that'sapictureofmeandmydad.Rightthere.Inthegarbage.Allthatstuff.Thefutureofaircombat.Isitmannedorunmanned?I'lltellyou,inmyexperience,nounmannedaerialvehicle

r.Stark.Youdon'tneedtoapologizetome.I'myourman.Hi

ustputmynameontheinvitation.Idon'tknowwhattotellyou.Iactuallyalmostboughtit,hook

keasmeltingcup.Ineedtwosetsofprecisiontools.-Howmanylanguagesdoyouspeak?-Alot.Butapparently,notenoughf

ase.Isittrueyouwent12forwithlastyear'sMaximcovermodels?Thatisanexcellentquestion.Yesandno.M

profile.Therenderiscomplete.Hey,Ilikeit.Fabricateit.Paintit.Commencingautomatedassembly.Estimatedcompletiontimeisfivehours.Don'twaitupforme,honey.Weaponsmanufacturingisonlyonesmallpart

nsindustrybyensuringfreedomandprotectingAmericaandherinterestsaroundtheglobe.Asliai

nshavingabiggerstickthantheotherguy."That'sagreatlinecomingfromtheguysellingthesticks.Myfatherhelpeddefeatth

th,Tony?I'mnot,Iwasjustjogginginthecanyon.-Ithoughtyouweredriving.-Right,Iwasdrivingtothecanyon,whereI'mgoingtojog.Yousureyoudon'thaveanytechinthatareaIshouldknowabout?-Nope!-Bogeyspotte

mplete.Preparingtopowerdownandbegindiagnostics.Yeah.Tellyouwhat.DoaweatherandATCcheck.Startlisteninginongroundcontrol.Sir,therearestillterabytesofcalculationsneededbeforeanactual

edwithallknowndatabases.Wehavenothing.Anyhighaltitude

haven'ttoldmewhereyou'refrom.I'mfromasmalltowncalledGulmira.-It'sactuallyaniceplace.-Gotafamily?Yes,andIwillseethemwhenIleavehere.Andyou,Stark?-No.-No?Soyou'reamanwhohaseverythingand

zationisproblematic.I'mthinkingicingistheprobablefactor.Averyastuteobservation,sir.Perhaps,ifyouintendtovisitotherplanets,weshouldimprovetheexosystems.Conne

ememberme?-Suredon't.Youlookgreat,Hef.We'regoingtohaveagreatquarter.What'stheworldcomingtowhenaguy'sgottocrashhisownparty?Lookatyou.Hey,whatasurprise.I'llseeyouinside.Hey.L

eveit.Don'tdothat.-Okay.-Don'tdothat.-Pleasuremeetingyou.-Giveusacoupleminutes,youguys.-I'msurprised.-Why?Iswear,Ididn'texpecttoseeyouwalkingaroundsosoon.I'mdoingalittlebetterthanw

ountonit.-I'mserious!Iknow,Iknow

y!Waytogo,myboy!I'llseeyoutomorrow,yeah?Whyaren'tyouwearingthosepajamasIgotyou?Goodnight,Tony.-Hey,Tony.-I'msorry

.There'snoartopening.Thereisnobenefit.Thereisnothingtosign.Thereisthenextmiss

eMITcommencementspeech...IsinJune.Please,don'tharanguemeaboutstuffthat'sway,way,down...They'rehara

self,-soIknowyoudon'trespectme.-Irespectyou

nored.OfcourseI'dbedeeplyhonored.A

ditoutlikeatrout...-What?Yousaiditwassafe!-Wegottahurry.Takethis.T

etoshowyoufirst-hand.AllIwantisaseriousanswer.Okay,here'sserious.Myoldmanhadaphilosophy,"Peacemeanshavingabiggerstickthan

omeon,putyourhandsup.Thosearemyguns.Howdidthe

de.Hisescap

fhere.-Whatisit?Flattenthemoutandlook.Oh,wow.Impressive.Good.Goodroll.Goodroll.Youstillhaven'ttoldmewhereyou'refrom.I'm

editout.-Oh,God!-Okay,I

ategicHomelandIntervention,EnforcementandLogisticsDivisi

nfromtheirhomes,displacedfromtheirlandsbywarlordsembolde

,please!Let'stakeapicture.Comeon.Picturetime!Tony.Whodoyouthinklockedyouout?Iwastheonewhofiledtheinjunctionagainstyou.ItwastheonlywayIcouldprotectyou.No.No.The15-milehiketotheoutskirtsofG

hardtimenotlookingatyounow.Isthatweird?Comeon,it'sokay,laugh.-Sir,Ihaveaquestiontoask.-Yes,please.Isittrueyouwent12forwithlastyear'sMaximcovermodels?Thatisanexcellentquestion.Yesandno.Marchand

gstation.Ineedhelmets.I'mgonnaneedgoggles.Iwouldlikeasmeltingcup.Ineedtwose

ptors.-ThatthingjusttookoutanF-insidealegalnoflyzone!WhiplashTwo,ifyouhaveaclear

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deverythingthatMr.Starkrequires,including,occasionally,takingoutthetrash.Willthatbeall?Givemeanexplodedview.Thecompressionincylinderthreeappearstobelow.Logthat.-

tasteforthissortofthing,butImu

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lbeallright.Youareaveryrarewoman.Tonydoesn'tknowhowluckyheis.Thankyou.Thanks.I'dbettergetbackthere.Isthattoday'spaper?Yes.Doyoumind?-Notatall.-Puzzle.Ofcourse.Takecare.Ms.Potts?Wehadan

Likeachamp.Whyareyoutryingtohustlemeoutofhere?Yourflightwasscheduledtoleaveanh

is,areyouthere?-Atyourservice,s

onlybedescribedasadescentintohell,intoamoderndayHeartofDarkness.Simplefarmersandherder

eelsup!Rockandroll!-Whatyoureading,platypus?-Nothing.Comeon,sourpatch.Don'tbemad.Itoldyou,I'mnotmad.I'min

n'tdoifwesticktogether,likeyourfatherandI.I'msorryIdidn'tgiveyouaheads-up,okay?-ButifIhad...-Tony.Tony,nomoreofth

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t.-Youknow,andwe'rehere,andthenI'mwearingthisridiculousdress,andthenweweredancinglikethatand...-Iwouldlikeadrink,please.-Gotit,okay.-Iwouldlikeavodkamartini,please.-Okay.Verydry

believeit.Don'tdothat.-Ok

hierthanever.We'regoingtohavealittleinternaldiscussionandwe'llgetbacktoyouwiththefollow-up.-Whereishe?-He'sinside.Well,that...Th

anaward,you'dbedeeplyhonored.OfcourseI'dbedeeplyhonored.Andit'syou,that'sgreat.-Sowhendow

eyesopened.Icametorealizethat

ardtoyourweaponspresentation.Thanks.Isitbettertobefearedorrespected?Isay,isittoomuchtoaskforboth?Withthatinmind,IhumblypresentthecrownjewelofStarkIndustries'FreedomLine.It'sthefirstmissilesy

fortunately,theChristmascoverwastwins.Anythingelse?You'rekiddingmewi

needtobuildtheJerichomissile.Hewantsyo

neaththearcreactor,andI'mgoingtowantthisdatamasked.Recr

egottogetoutofthisthing.I'llberightthere.Nicetry!-Weaponsstatus?-Repulsorsoffline.Missilesoffline.Flares!Veryclever,Tony.-Potts?-Tony!Thisisn'tworking.We'rego

upSectorunderneaththearcreactor,andI'mgoingtowantthisdatamasked.Recruitourtopengineers.Iwantaprototyperightaway.Hey.Youbusy?YoumindifIsendyouonanerrand?Ineedyoutogotomyoffice.You'regoingtohackinto

tlookatme.Idon'tknowwhathe'supto.-Goodtoseeyou.-Goodtoseeyou.Inevergottosayg

nfrontofeveryonethatIworkwithinadresswithnoback.-Youlookgreatandyousmellgreat.-Oh,God.ButIcouldfireyouifthatwouldtaketheedgeoff.Iactuallydon'tthinkthatyoucouldtieyourshoeswithout

ingtojog.Yousureyoudon'thaveanytechinthatareaIshouldknowabout?-Nope!-Bogeyspotted!

urveillanceintheregion?WegotanAWACandaGlobalHawkinthearea.Sothisthingjustappearedoutofnowhere?Howcomeitdidn'tshowupontheradar?Gotaminimalradarcross-section,sir.-Isitstealth?-

...-That'senoughofthat....isnotwhatyo

cretproject,arewe,sir?Idon'twantthiswindingupinthewronghands.Maybeinmine,itcanactuallydosomegood.Next.Up.Notintheboot,Dummy.Righthere.Yougotme?Stayput.Nice.You'reofnobenefitatall

e.I'mkindofhavingahardt

isisyourNinthSymphony.Whatamasterpiece.Lookatthat.Thisisyourlegacy.Anewgenerationofweapon

Wherearewe?Comeon,standup.Standup!JustdoasIdo.Comeon,putyourhandsup.Thosearemyguns.Howdidtheygetmyguns?Doyouunderstandme?DoasIdo.Hesays,"

per,I'vebeencalledmanythings."Nostalgic"isnotoneofthem.-Willthatbeall,Mr.Stark?-Thatwillbeall,MissPotts.Hey,Butterfingers,comehere.What'sallthisstuffdoingontopofmydesk?That'smyphone,that'sapi

t.-Fromyou,actuall

ony'sback!Andhe'shealthierthanever.We'regoingtohavealittleinternaldiscussionandwe'llgetbacktoyouwiththefollow-up.-Whereishe?-He'sinside

eoverhereandbuttonmeup.Okay.Allright.Everyotherhexbolt.-They'recoming!-Nothingpretty,jus

rence?-Yeah.-Whatonearthfor?-Hogan,drive.Cheeseburgerfirst.Lookatthis!Tony.-Weweregoingtomeetatthehospital.-No,I'mfine.Lookatyou!-Youhadtohaveaburger,yeah?-Well,comeon.-Yougetmeoneofthose?-T

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oodtoseeyou.-Goodtoseeyou.InevergottosaygoodbyetoDad.Inevergottosaygoodbyetomyfather.There

heManhattanProject.Alotofpeople,includingyourprofessorsatBrown,wouldcallthatbeingahero.Andalotofpeoplewouldalsocallthatwarprofiteering

ollege.Allright,niceandeasy.Seriously,justgonnastartoffwi

t.How'ditgo?Itwentgreat.Lookslikeit'sgonnabe

d,butyougottagivemesomething.Somethingtopitchthem.Letmehavetheengineersanalyzethat.Youknow,drawupsomespecs.-No.No,absolutelynot.-It'llgivemea

e?Ineedhim.Goodassistant.Youhavetilltomorrowtoassemblemymissile.Okay?Canyoumove?Okay,sayitagain.41stepsstraightahead.Then16steps,that'sfromthedoor,fork

daryfounder,until,atage21,theprodigalsonreturnsandisanointedthenewCEOofStarkIndustries.Withthekeystothekingdom,Tonyushersinaneweraforhisfather'slegacy,creatingsmarterweapons,adv

y.Thankyou,Rhodey.Iknowashortcut.Goodboy.Tony?Tony?Tony?Tony?Tony!Tony!Youokay?-Where'sPepper?-She'sfine.She'swithfiveagents

rvis!Deployflaps!Jarvis!Comeon,wegottobreaktheice!Killpower.Notes.Maintransducerfeelssluggishatplus40altitude.Hullpressurizationisproblematic.I'mthinkingicingis

youridewithme,okay?Watchit,cominguphere.Areyoukiddingmewiththis?Getridofthem.Youreyesarered.Afewtearsforyourlong-lostboss?-Tearsof

andup!JustdoasIdo.Comeon,putyourhandsup.Thosearemyguns.Howdidtheygetmyguns?Doyouunderstandme?DoasIdo.Hesays,"Welcome,TonyStark,themostfamousmassmurderer"inthehistoryofAmerica."Heishonored

ellhim?-Great.I'llberightup.Okay.Ithoughtyousaidyouweredonema

asmicdischargefromthedevice,-notfrommybody.-Itsmells!Yeah,itdoes.Thecopperwire

ghaltitudesurveillanceinthere

inaweek.Well,then,thisisaveryimportantweekforyou,isn'tit?Ifthisisgoingtobemyworkstation,Iwantitwell-lit.Iwanttheseup.Ineedweldinggear.Idon'tcareifit'sacetyleneorpropane.Ineedasolderingstatio

ardofit?-Whenwerethesetaken?-Yesterday.-Ididn'tapproveanyshipment.-Well,yourcompanydid.Well,I'mnotmycompany.-Please,doyoumind?-Haveyouseenthesepictures?-What'sgoingoninGulmira?-Ton

aumaticstressandhasbeenbedriddenforweeks.Whateverthecasemaybe,nooneexpectsanappearancef

panicismyreaction.'CauseIwasreferringtoyourcompany'sinvolvementinthislatestatrocity.Yeah.Theyjustputmynameontheinvitation.Idon'tknowwhattotel

aremyguns.Howdidtheygetmyguns?Doyouunderstandme?DoasIdo.Hesays,"Welcome,

ake?-Yes,two,please.-No.I'mnotdrinking.Idon'twant

Well,howareyougoingtodothat?-You'regoingtodoit.Gotothecentralconsole,openupallthecircuits.WhenIgetclearoftheroof,I'llletyouknow.You'regoingto

hereyou'refrom.I'mfromas

edtwosetsofprecisiontools.-Howmanylanguagesdoyouspeak?-Alot.Butapparentl

?-Putthatonthetableoverthere.-Thatisirrelevant.-Oh,myGod!Iwantyoutoreachin,andyou'rejustgonnagen

eoccurring.Keepgoing!Higher!Weicedup,Jarvis!Deployflaps!Jarvis!Comeon,wegottobreaktheice!Killpower.Notes.Maintran

ut.WhenIgetupinthemorningandI'mputtingo

gey.WhiplashTwo,reengage.Ifyougetaclearshot,youtakeit.Major,wedon'tevenknowwhatwe'reshootingat.-CallofftheRaptors.-ThatthingjusttookoutanF-insi

showwedobusiness."Ifwe'redouble-dealingunderthetable...Arewe?Tony,yourpictu

tingonmyuniform,youknowwhatIrecognize?Iseeinthatmirrorthateverypersonthat'sgotthisuniformongotmyb

ouwerebeingheldcaptive.Well,that'sahotspot.Soundslikesomeonesteppedinanddidyourjobforyou,huh?

..-Tony.Tony,nomoreofthis"ready,fire

,IworriedthatIwaskillingthegoldengoose.But,yousee,itwasjustfatethatyousurvivedthat.Youhadonelastgoldeneggtogive.Doyoureallythinkthatjustbecauseyouhaveanidea,itbelongstoyou?Yourf

it.-Ihaveit.-PressControl"l".-"I."Gotit.-"I.""Enter.""l"and"Enter."Comeoverherea

doyouthinkyou'restillalive?-WhatdoIcallyou?-MynameisYinsen.

commonenemy.Ifwearestillinbusiness,Iwillgiveyouthesedesignsasa

hat.DoaweatherandATCcheck.Startlisteningin

p.-Speedbump,whatdoesthatmean?-It'snothing.I

aybeinmine,itcanactuallydosomegood.Next.Up.Notintheboot,Dummy.Righthere.Yougotme?Stayput.Nice.Y

tarkhaschangedthefaceoftheweapons

onsDevelopmentdownherenow!WerananIDcheckandcross-referencedwithallknowndatabases.Wehavenothing.Anyhighaltitudesurveill

.It'smynameonthesideofthebuilding.Andwhatwedokeepstheworldfromfallingintochaos.NotbasedonwhatIsaw.We'renotdoingagoodenoughjob.Wecandobetter.We'regonnadosomething

ndmakesureeverything'sokay.Thankyou,Rhode

dtohaveTonykilled?Pepper,slowdown.WhywouldObadiah...Okay,where'sTonynow?Idon'tknow.He'snotansweringhisphone.Pleasegooverthereandmakesureeverything'sokay.Thankyou,Rhodey.Iknowashortcut.Goodboy.Tony?

ice.You'reofnobenefitatall.Movedowntothetoe.Igotthis.Okay,I'msorry,amIinyourway?Up.Screwit.Don'tevenmove.Youareatragedy.Okay,let'sdothisright.Startmark,halfameter,andbackandcenter.Dummy

tit.Justcabinfever.I'lljustbeaminute.-GivemeaScotch.I'mstarving.-Mr.Stark?-Yeah?-AgentCoulson.Oh

whofelloutofthesky.Mr.TonyStark.-Hello,sir.-Speakingofmannedorunmanned,yougottagethimtotellyoua

ownthereandseewhatyou'redoing?Goodnight,Obie.

okillwasthegreatTonyStark.-Asyoucansee,ObadiahStane...-Oh,myGod....yourdeceptionandlieswillcostyoude

nference.Someclaimhe'ssufferingfromposttraumaticstressandhasbeenbedriddenforweek

indifferent,okay?-IsaidIwassorry.-Goodmorning,Mr.Stark.Youdon'tneedtoapologizetome.I'myourman.Hi.ItoldhimIwassorry,buthe...-I'mjustindifferentrightnow.-Hotto

TonyStark.Ifyou'dkilledhimwhenyouweresupposedto,you'dstillhaveaface.Youpaidustrinketstokillaprince.Showmetheweapon.Come.Leaveyourguardsoutside.Hisescapeboreunexpectedfruit.Sothisi

nt.Colonel?Whynotapilotwithouttheplane?Lookwhofelloutofthesky.Mr.TonySt

orapressconferencenow.-Callforapressconference?-Yeah.-Whatonearthfor?-Hogan,drive.Cheeseburge

taringatonerightnow,andit'sabouttobeblowntokingdomcome.That'smyexit.Ballroom,thisisWhiplashOne.I'vegotthebogeyinmysights.WhiplashOne,whatisit?I'vegotnoidea.-Yo

us.Idon'tpaint.Andwhatdoyousaytoyourothernickname?"TheMerchantofDeath"?That'snotbad.-Letmeguess.Berkeley?-Br

Idon'tcareifit'sacetyleneorpropane.Ineedasolderingstation.Ineedhelmets.I'mgonnaneedgoggles.Iwouldlikeasmeltingcup.Ineedtwosetsofprecisiontools.-Howmanylanguagesdoyouspeak?-Alot.Butappar

e'renotdoingagoodenoughjob.Wecandobetter.We'rego

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ditseemsasthoughthere'salittlehiccup.-Actually...-Ahiccup?Yes,topowerthesuit,sir,thetechnologyactuallydoesn'texist.-Soit's...-Wait,wait,wait.Thetechnology?William,hereis

nthatdrunk,Iwouldn'thavebeenabletostand,muchlessgiv

.Tellyouwhat.DoaweatherandATCcheck.Startlisteninginongroundcontrol.Sir,therearestillterab

havebeenforcedtotakeshelterinwhatevercrudedwellingstheycanfindintheruinsofothervillages,orhereintheremnantsofanoldSovietsmeltingplant.Recentviolencehasbeenattributedtoagroupofforeignfightersr

s!Jarvis!Comeon,wegottobreaktheice!Killpower.Notes.Maintransducerfeelssluggishatplus40altitude.Hullpressurizationisproblematic.I'mthinkingicingistheprobablefactor.Averyas

?-Oh,no.-Allright,comeon.-Thankyou.No.AmImakingyouuncomfortable?No.No.IalwaysforgettoweardeodorantanddancewithmybossinfrontofeveryonethatIworkwithinadresswithnoback.-Yo

inanddidyourjobforyou,huh

k.Ready?Inthree,two,one.Handleslikeadream.Allright,let'sseewhatthisthingcando.What'sSR-71'srecord?Thealtituderecordforfixedwingflightis85,000feet,sir.Recor

ssed,andthere'sacarwaitingforyououtsidethatwilltakeyouanywhereyou'dliketogo.-YoumustbethefamousPepperPotts.-IndeedIam.Afteralltheseyears,Tonystillhasyoupickingupthedry-cle

lyou.Iactuallyalmostboughtit,hook,lineandsinker.Iwasoutoftownforacouplemonths,incaseyoudidn'thear.Isthiswhatyoucallacc

itation,sir....hasn'tbeenseeninpublicsincehisbizarreandhighlycontroversialpressconference.Someclaimhe'ssuffer

Oh,myGod!Iwantyoutoreachin,andyou'rejustgonnagentlyliftthewireout.-Isitsafe?-Yeah,itshou

.Comeon,you'regonnagoseeyourf

y!Tony,areyouokay?-I'mfine.Howare...-Obadiah,he'sgoneinsane!-Iknow.-Listen,you'dbettergetoutofthere.-Hebuiltasuit.Getoutofthererightnow!Wheredoyouthinkyou'regoing?Yourservicesarenol

eright.Hewasbuildingasuit.Ithoughtit'dbebigger.HowdoyouthinktheMarkOnechestpieceisgoing

ny,comeon.Webuiltthatthingtoshutthehippiesup!-Itworks.-Yeah,asascienceproject.Thearcwasnevercosteffective.Weknewthatbeforewebuiltit.Arcreactortechnology,that'sadeadend,right?Maybe.AmI

sayitagain.41stepsstraightahead.Then16steps,that'sfromthedoor,forkright,33steps,turnright.Yinsen!Yinsen!Stark!Saysomethin

himwhenyou

ngs.Let'sjustputsomethingonthebooks.Howaboutthe24that7:00p.m.atStarkIndustries?Tellyouwhat

ntheregion?WegotanAWACandaGlobalHawkintheare

aybe,nooneexpectsanappearancefromhimtonight.Therenderiscomplete.Alitt

.Don'tbemad.Itoldyou,I'mnotmad.I'mindifferent,okay?-IsaidIwassorry.-Goodmorning,Mr.Stark.Youdon'tneedtoapologizetome.I'myourman.Hi.ItoldhimIwassorry,buthe...-I'mjustindifferentrightnow.-

seewhatI'mworkingon?No,no,no,no,no,no,thelessIknow,thebetter.Now,whatamIsupposedtotellthepress?Trainingexercise.Isn'tthattheusualBS?It'snotthatsimple.Anunfortunatetrainin

ustgetitdone.-Justgetitdone.-They'recoming.Makesurethecheckpointsareclearbeforeyoufollowmeout,okay?Weneedmoretime.Hey,-I'mgonnagobuyyousometime.-Sticktotheplan!Stickt

recordofaninvitation,sir....hasn'tbeenseeninpublicsincehisbizarreandhighlycont

0p.m.atStarkIndustries?Tellyouwhat.Yougotit.You'reabsol

edalltheshrapnelIcould,butthere'salotleft,andit'sheadedintoyouratrialseptum.H

sapublicitystunt!Tony,comeon.Webuiltthatthingtoshutthehippiesup!-Itworks.-Yeah,asascienceproject.Thearcwasnevercosteffective.Weknew

thelistofmaterials.Hesaysforyoutos

ings.Asyoucansee,thesemenareheavilyarmedandonamission.Amissionthatcouldprovefataltoanyonewhostandsintheirway.Withnopoliticalwillorinternationalpr

scribedasadescentintohell,intoamoderndayHeartofDarkness.Simplefarmersandherdersfrompeacefulvillageshaveb

.Comeon.Hurryup.Justclickit.Don'tchangeanysettings.-What'sgoingon?-Contactleft!Whathavewegot?Jimmy,staywithStark!-Staydown!-Yeah.Sonofabitch!-Wait,wait,wait!

potentiallyfatalbuildupoficeoccurring.Keepgoing!Higher!Weicedup,Jarvis!Deployflaps!Jarvis!Comeon,wegottobrea

.-He'sspeakingHungarian.Idon't...-ThenspeakHungarian.-Okay.Iknow.-Whatdoyouknow?-How'dthatwork?-Oh,mygoodness.-Itworkedallright.-That'swhatIdo.-Letmefinishthis.-Initia

..-Iwouldlikeadrink,please.-Gotit,okay.-Iwouldlikeavodkamartini,please.-Okay.Very

inking?You'reusuallysodiscreet.Tellyouwhat.Throwalittlehot-rodredinthere.Yes,thatshouldhelpyoukee

rndayHeartofDarkn

blemtoask?'CauseI'm...-Okay,okay.-Ireallyneedyourhelphere.Okay.Oh,there'spus!It'snotpus.It'saninorganicplasmicdischarg

ower.I'vegottogetoutofthisthing.I'llberightthere.Nicetry!-Weaponsstatus?-Repulsorsoffline.Missilesoffline.Flares!Veryclever,Tony

.Here.Nice.-Areyouokay?-Yeah,Ifeelgreat.Youokay?Don'tever,ever,ever,everaskmetodoanythingliketh

it.Don'tdothat.-Okay.-Don'tdothat.-Pleasuremeetingyou.-Giveusacoupleminutes,youguys.-I'msurprised.-Why?Iswear,Ididn'texpecttoseeyouwa

Simplefarmersandherdersfrompeacefulvillageshavebeendrivenfromtheirhomes,displacedfromtheirlandsbywarlordsemboldenedbyanew-foundpower.Villagershavebeenforcedtotakeshe

rsethatmuch?Everynightinfrontofthemirrorbeforebed

rious!Iknow,Iknow.RenderuntoCaesarthatwhichisCaesar's.Thereyougo.Mr.Stark!Excuseme,Mr.Stark!ChristineEverhart,VanityFairmagazine.CanIaskyouacoupleofquestions?-

bedistractedrightnow!Listentome!General.Welcome,Mr.Stark.Welookforwardtoyourweaponspresentation.Thanks.Isitbettertobefearedorrespected?Isay,

it.Youknow,we'vebeenapproach

hat'sanewdirectionforme,forthecompany.Imean,meonthecompany'sbehalfbeingresponsibleforthewaythat...Thisisgreat.-Oh,comeon.Tony.Tony.-I'llbeintheshop.Hey,hey!Hey,Tony.Listen.I'mtryin

ldtaketheedgeoff.Iactuallydon'tthinkthatyo

ogize,butisn'tthatwhatwe'regoingforhere?-Ithoughtofyouasasoldierfirst.-I'manairman.Youhave,actually,excellentbonestructure,there.I'mkindof

w!Wheredoyouthinkyou'regoing?Yourservicesarenolongerrequired.Stane!Ilovethissuit!-Putthemdown!-Collateralda

ybackuppower.-Potts!-Tony!Oh

'sverycool.Allright.Idon'twanttoseethisonyourMySpacepage.Please,nogangsigns.No,throwitup.I'mkidding.

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u,isn'tit?Ifthisisgoingtobemyworkstation,Iwantitwell-lit.Iwanttheseup.Ineedweldinggear.Ido

leepyourwholelife?I'dbepreparedtoloseafewwithyou.Goodmorning.It's7

lehopefortheserefugees,refugeeswhocanonlywonderwho,ifanyone,willhelp

arvis!Deployflaps!Jarvis!Comeon,weg

Allright,comeon.-Thankyou.No.AmImakin

seburger,-andtheother...-That'senoughofthat....isnotwhatyouthink.Iwantyoutocallforapressconf

peningthedoor.Oh,wow!What'sthat?It's,like,alittledevice?It's,like,athingthat'sgoingtopickthelock?Youmightwanttotakeafewst

andhighlycontroversialpressconference.Som

ssconferencenow.-Callforapressconference?-Yeah.-Whatonearthfor?-Hogan,drive.Chee

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asconflicted,ifheeverhaddoubts.Ormaybehewaseveryinchthemanweallrememberfromthenewsreels.IsawyoungAmericanskilledbytheveryweaponsIcreatedtodefen

lyFundhasbecometheplacetobeforL.A.'shighsociety.Jarvis,wegetaninviteforthat?Ihavenorecordofani

atwasgonnahappen.-Fifty-sixandahalf.-Itdoesn'tmatt

ello?-Isaidit'sRhodes.-Speakup,please.-Whatinthehellisthatnoise?-Oh,yeah,I'mdri

roundcontrol.Sir,therearestillterabytesofcalculationsneededbeforeanactualflightis...Jarvis!Sometimesyougott

ntshippingmanifests.Thisisalockchip.This'llgetyouin.It'sprobablyunderExecutiveFiles.Ifnot,theyputitonaghostdriv

omeon,putyourhandsup.Thosearemyguns.Howdidtheygetmyguns?Doyouunderstandme?Doas

exceptthis.There'snoartopening.Thereisnobenefit.Thereisnothingtosign.Thereisthenextmissionandnothingelse.Isthatso?Well,then,Iquit.YoustoodbymysidealltheseyearswhileIreapedthebe

sitmannedorunmanned?I'lltellyou,inmyexperience,nounmannedaer

ss-referencedwithallknowndat

oucanhaveapiece.-Taketwo.-Thankyou.YoumindifIcomedownthereandseewhatyou'redoing?Goodnight,Obie.Day11,test37,configuration2.0.Forlackofabetteroption,D

utanF-insidealegalnoflyzone!WhiplashTwo,ifyouhaveaclearshot,takeit!You'vebeenreengaged.Executeevasivemaneuver

fline.Missilesoffline.Flares

nferenceinBern.-

wouldtellyouhowhonoredIfeelandwhatajoyitistoreceivethisveryprestigiousaward.Tony,youknow...Thebestthingabo

eHindenburgringanybells?LetmeshowyouthenewStarkIndustriesbusinessplan!Look,that'saweaponscompanythatdoesn'tmakeweapons!Pepper.Howb

ndready.Canwestartthevirtualwalk-around?Importingpreferencesandcalibratingvirtualenvironment.Doacheckoncontrolsurfaces

gain,rightnow.-Pleasedon'tturndownmymusic.I'llkeepyouposted.Youaresupposedtob

tdoIdo?What'swrong?

alittlebitofashort.It'sfine.-Whatdoyouwantmetodo?-Putthatonthetableoverthere.-Thatisirrelevant.-Oh,myGod!Iwantyoutoreachin,andyou'rejustgonnagentlyliftthewireout.-Isitsafe?-Ye

dbackandcenter.Dummy,lookalive.You'reonstandbyforfiresafety.You,rollit.Okay.Activatehandcontrols.We'regonnastartoffniceandeasy.We'regonnaseeif10%thr

hinadresswithnoback.-Youlookgreatandyousmellgreat.-Oh,God.ButIcouldfireyouifthatwouldtaketheedge

wonderful.Well,I'mnotTonyStark.ButifIwereTony,IwouldtellyouhowhonoredIfeelandwhatajoyitistoreceivethisveryprestigiousaward.Tony,youknow...ThebestthingaboutTonyisalsot

ngstoyou?Yourfather,hehelpedgiveustheatomicbomb.Now,whatkindofworldwoulditbetodayifhewasasselfishasyou?Oh,it'sbeautiful.Tony,thisisyourNinthSymphony.Whatamasterp

lymakeitsmaller.Okay,sir,andthat'swhatwe're

sfirstengine.Andat17,hegraduatedsummac

asadoozy.Thisisnotforthemilitary.I'mnot...I

ea,Tony,butmysuitism

feelandwhatajoyitistoreceivethisveryprestigiousaward.Tony,youknow...ThebestthingaboutTonyisalsotheworstthing.He'salwaysworking

eprodigalsonreturnsandisanointedthenewCEOofStarkIndustries.W

togoout?IsthisthelastactofdefianceofthegreatTonyStark?Orareyougoingtodosomethingaboutit?WhyshouldIdoanything?They'regoingtokillme,you,eitherway.Andiftheydon't,I'llprobablybedeadi

wo,doyouseeachute?Negative!Nochute,nochute!Mychute'sjammed!Sir,I'vegotavisualonthebogey.WhiplashTwo,reengage.Ifyougetaclearshot,youtakeit.Major,wedon'tevenknowwhatwe'reshootingat.-Callofft

hankyou.Thanks.I'dbettergetbackthere.Isthattoday'spaper?Yes.Doyoumind?-Notatall.-Puzzle.Ofcourse.Takecare.Ms.Potts?Wehadanappointment.Didy

I'mallowedtohavep

!Didtheyropeyouintothis?-Nobodyropedmeintoanything!-I'msosorry.-ButtheytoldmethatifIpresentedyouwithanaward,you'dbedeeplyhonored.Ofcou

hey'vebeendealingunderthetable,andI'mgoingtostopthem.I'mgoingtofindmyweaponsanddestroythem.Tony,youknowthatIwouldhelpyouwithanything,butIcannothelpyou

aghostdrive,inwhichcaseyouneedtolookforthelowestnumericheading.AndwhatdoyouplantodowiththisinformationifIbringitbackhere?Samedrill.They'vebeendealing

it.Ballroom,thisisWhiplashOne.I'vegotthebogeyinmysights.WhiplashOne,whatisit?I'vegotnoidea.-Youhaveradiocontact?-Nonresponsive,sir.Thenyouarecleartoengage.Hitit.Thatbogeyjustwentsupersoni

?-Tearsofjoy.Ihatejobhunting.-Yeah,vacation'sover.Whereto,sir?-Takeustothehospital,please,Happy.-No.No?Tony,youhaveto-gotothehospital.-Noisacompleteanswer.-Thedoc

rica."Heishonored.Hew

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w.RenderuntoCaesarthatwhichisCae

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himbackfromthedead.NowIrealize,well,Tonyneverreallydidcomeh

typus?-Nothing.Comeon,sourpatch.Don'tbemad.Itoldyou,I'mnotmad.I'mindifferent,okay?-IsaidIwassorry.-Goodmorning,Mr.Stark.Youdon'tneedtoapologizetome.I'myourman.Hi.ItoldhimIwassorry,buthe...-I'mj

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reTonyStark'sthirdannualbenefitfortheFirefighter'sFamilyFundhasbecometheplacetobeforL.A.'shighsociety.Jarvis,wegetaninviteforthat?Ihavenorecordofaninvitation,sir

methatyou'regonnalaylow.StarkIndustries!I'vegotonerecommendation!Ready?Ready?Sell

hecanyon,whereI'mgoingtojog.Yousureyoudon'thavea

rkness.Simplefarmers

ce,nounmannedaerialvehiclewillevertrumpapilot'sinstin

hecircuits.WhenIgetclearoftheroof,I'llletyouknow.You'regoingtohitthemasterbypassbutton.It'sgoingtofryeverythinguphere.Okay.I'mgoinginnow.MakesureyouwaittillIcleartheroof.I'llbuyyousometime.Thislo

?WhatIdid?WhatIdidistosaveyourlife.IremovedalltheshrapnelIcould,butthere'salotleft,a

ehaveacommonenemy.Ifwearestillinbusiness,Iwillgiveyouthesedesignsasagift.Andinturn,Ihopeyou'llrepaymewithagiftofironsoldiers.Technology.It'salwaysb

tohaveitrightnow.-Yeah,walkwithme.-Okay.I'mgoingtogiveyouthemeetingofyourlife.Youroffice.Yeah,we'vebeenworkingourbesttodoit.Absolutely,we're...I'mgoingtohavetocallyoubac

ar,notthecar!Table!Couldbeworse!Couldbeworse!We'refine!Okay.No!Yeah,Icanfly.-Jarvis,areyouthere?-Atyour

age.Hitit.Thatbogeyjust

oversialpressconference.Someclaimhe's

vivedthat.Youhadonelastgoldeneggtogive.Doyoureallythinkthatjustbecauseyouhaveanidea,itbelongstoyou?Yourfather,hehelpedgiveustheatomicbomb.No

you?Wow.TonyStark.-Oh,hey.-Fancyseeingyouhere.-Carrie.-Christine.-Carrie.-Christine.That'sright.Youhavealotofnerveshowingu

ere?Hello?Breathe.Easy,easy.Yourememberthisone,right?It'sashamethegovernmentdidn't

ppy,'causethatlittlestuntatthepressconference,thatwasadoozy.Thisisnotforthemilitary.I'mnot...It'sdiff

lastgoldeneggtogive.Doyoureallythinkthatjustbecauseyouhaveanidea,itbelongstoyou?Yourfather,hehelpedgiveustheatomicbomb.Now,whatkindofworldwoulditbetodayifhewasasselfish

owthemath!Doit!Sir,you'renotgoingtobelievethis.Thatthingisback.GetmeMajorAllen.Scramblethejets!Notnecessary,people.Justatrainingexercise.Yes,sir.-Thirteenpercentpower,sir.-

egetaninviteforthat

il,atage21,theprodigalsonreturnsandisanointedthenewCEOofStarkIndustries.Withthekeystothekingdom,Tonyushersinaneweraforhisfather'slegacy,creatingsmarterweapon

,throwitup.I'mkidding.Yeah,peace.Ilovepeace.I'dbeoutofajobwithpeace.Comeon.Hurryup.Justclickit.Don'tchangeanysettings.-What'sgoingon?-Contactleft!Whathavewe

d...-Tony.Tony,nomoreofthis"ready,fire,aim"business.-Yo

ndeverythingthatMr.Starkrequires,includin

EverybodywhoIworkwith...No,youknowwhy?Ithinkyoulostobjectivity.Ithinktheyjust...People...Wejustdanced.No,itwasnotjustadance.Youdon'tunderstandbecauseyou'r

doyoumean,hepaidtohaveTonykilled?Pepper,slowdown.WhywouldObadiah...Okay,where'sTonynow?Idon'tknow.He'snotansweringhisphone.Ple

first.Lookatthis!

soldierfirst.-I'manairman.Youhave,actually,excellentbo

thiswindingupinthewronghands.Maybeinmine,itcanactuallydosomegood.Next.Up.Notintheboot,Dummy.Righthere.Yougotme?Stayput.Nice.You'reofnoben

willbekeepingmealivefortheforeseeablefuture.I'mswappingitupforanupgradedunit,andIjustranintoalittlespeedbump.-Speedbump,whatdoesthatmean?-It'snothing.It'sjustalit

tgiveyouaheads-up,okay?-ButifIhad...-Tony.Tony,nomoreofthis"ready,fire,aim"busine

inutes,youguys.-I'msurprised.-Why?Iswear,Ididn'texpecttoseeyouwalkingaroundsosoon.I'mdoingalittlebetterthanwalking.-Really?-

utryingtohustlemeoutofhere?Yourflightwasscheduledtoleaveanhourandahalfago.That'sfunny,Ithoughtwithitbeingmyplaneandal

gotit.You'reabsolutelyright.Well,I

ofjoy.Ihatejobhunting.-Yeah,vacation'sover.Whe

chofaproblemtoask?'CauseI'm...-Okay,okay.-Ireallyneedyourhelphere.Okay.Oh,there'spus!It'snotpus.It'sa

t!Thatwasit.Youjustpulleditout.-Oh,God!-Okay,Iwasnotexpecting...-Don'tputitbackin!Don'tputitbackin!-Okay,whatdoIdo?What'swrong?Nothing,I'mjustgo

e'stheline

ngthingsthatblowup.Andthatiswhy,effectiveimmedia

waslikewegoth

s.Ormaybehewaseveryinchthemanweallrememberfromthenewsreels.IsawyoungAmericanskilledbytheveryweaponsIcreatedtodefendthemandprotectthem.AndIsawthatIhadbecomepartofasystemthatisco

antit?Yesorno.Isitagoodrepresentationofhisspringperiod?No.TheSpringswa

notinjured.AsfortheunexpectedturnofeventsonthegroundinGulmira,itisstillunclearwhoorwhatintervened,butIcanassureyouthattheUnitedStatesgovernme

Thankyou.Thankyouallverymuch.Thisiswonderful.Well,I'mnotTonyStark.ButifIwereTony,IwouldtellyouhowhonoredIfeeland

orhereintheremnantsofanoldSovietsmeltingplant.RecentviolencehasbeenattributedtoagroupofforeignfightersreferredtobylocalsastheTenRing

tries,I'vehadtheuniqueprivilegeofservingwitharealpatri

.-Pleasuremeetingyou.-Giveusacoupleminutes,youguys.-

you...Wasthatsohard?Thatwasfun,right?

gdeadbecauseittakesaboutaweekforthebarbstoreachthevitalorgans.-Whatisthis?-Thatisanelectromagnet,hookeduptoacarbattery,andit'skeepingtheshrapnelfromenteringyour

big.Icametotalktoyou.Iwantyoutobeapartofit.You'reabouttomakeawholelotofpeoplearoundhererealhappy,'causethatlittlestuntatthepressconfer

'supto.-Goodtoseeyou.-Goodtoseeyou.Inevergotto

l,sell!Abandonship!DoestheHindenburgringanybells?LetmeshowyouthenewStarkIndustriesbusinessplan!Look,that'saweaponscompanythatdoesn'tmakeweapons!Pepper.Howbigarey

ougotit?Now,don'tletittouchthesideswhenyou'r

CallofftheRaptors.-ThatthingjusttookoutanF-insidealegalnoflyzone!WhiplashTwo,if

e.Wemetonce,youknow,atatechnicalconferenc

hrough,Pepper.Tony.Healwaysgetsthegoodstuff,doesn'the?Iwassohappywhenhecamehome.Itwaslikewegothimbackfromthedead.NowIrealize,well,Tonyneverreallydidcomehome,didhe?Heleftapartofhi

drinking.We'reworkingrightnow.-Youcan'thavesashimiwithoutsake.-Youareconstitutional

h.-Don'tdothat!-Whatwashisname?-Don'tdot

done.-Justgetitdone.-They'recoming.Makesurethecheckpointsareclearbeforeyoufollowmeout,okay?Weneedmoretime.Hey,-I'mgonnagobuyyousometime.-Sticktotheplan

ewaseveryinchthemanweallrememberfromthenewsreels.Isawy

ggle,themorethisisgoingtohurt.Begentle.Thisismyfirsttime.Idesignedthistocomeof

thesamedayaslastyear.-Getyourselfsomethingnicefromme.-Ialreadydid.-And?-Itwasverynice.-Yeah.-Verytasteful.Thankyou,Mr.Stark.You'rewelcome,MissPotts.Okay.You'regood.IthoughtIlostyoubackthere.Yo

urbesttodoit.Absolutely,we're...I'mgoingtohaveto

e!We'refine!Okay.No!Yeah,Icanfly.-Jarvis,areyouthere?-Atyourservice,sir.-EngageHeadsUpDisplay.-Check.Importallpreferencesfromhomeinterface.Willdo,sir.Allright,whatdoyousay?Iha

rk.Youdon'tnee

sorsoffline.Missilesoffline.Flares!Veryclever,Tony.-Potts?-Tony!Thisisn'twor

adyyouwokeupwith.-Don'tdothat!-Whatwashisna

ngtodoaboutthis?Iknowwhatyou'regoingthrough,Pepper.Tony.Healwaysgetsthegoodstuff,doesn'the?Iwassohap

osomethingelse.Likewhat?Youwantustomakebabybottles?Ithinkweshouldtakeanotherlookintoarcreactortechnology.Comeon.Thearcreactor,that'sapublicitystunt!Tony,comeon.Webuiltthatthingtoshutth

isisbeautiful.Thankyou.Tha

Mr.Stark!ChristineEverhart,VanityFairmagazine.CanIaskyouacoupleofquestions?-She'scute.-She'sallright?-Hi.-Hi.-Yeah.Okay,go.-It'sokay?You'vebeencalledthedaVinciofourtime

houtme.-I'dmakeitaweek.Sure.-Really?What'syourSocialSecuritynumber?-Five.-Five?-Right.-Right.You'remissingjustacoupleofdigitsthere.Theothereight?SoIgotyoufortheothereight

nyStarkhasjustgoneup.So,whatarewegoingtodoaboutthis?Iknowwhatyou're

-Nevermindwhotoldme.Showme.-It'sRhodeyorPe

pe!-Bogeyspotted!-Whiplash,comeinhot.-Okay,good,'causeI'mstaringatonerightnow,andit'sabouttobeblowntokingdomcome.That'smyexi

youthesedesignsasagift.Andinturn,Ihopeyou'llrepaymewithagiftofironsoldiers.Technology.It'salwaysbe

backofmyhead?Yourhead?Whataboutmyhead?Whatdoyouthinktheover-underonthestockdropisgonnabetomorrow?-Optimistically,40points.-Atminimum.Yep.Tony,we'reaweaponsmanufacturer.O

tyourmindrig

okoutanF-insidea

dsummacumlaudefromMIT.Then,thepassingofatitan.HowardStark'slifelongfriendandally,ObadiahStane,stepsintohelpfillthegapleftbythelegendaryfound

oodforthiscountry,aswell.WhatweshouldtakeawayfromthisisthatTony'sback!Andhe'shealthierthanever.We'regoingtohavealittleinternaldiscussionandwe'llgetbacktoyouwiththefoll

ree.-No,hewon't.-No,hewon't.I'msurethey'relookingforyou,Stark.Buttheywillneverfindyouinthesemountains.Look,whatyou

llrightifeveryonesatdown?Whydon'tyoujustsitdown?Thatwayyoucanseeme,andIcan...Alittlelessformaland...-What'supwiththelove-in?-Don'tlookatme.Idon'tknowwhathe'supto.-Goodto

okeepthepeace,I'llstartmakingbricksand

on?No,no,no,no,no,no,thelessIknow,thebetter.Now,whatamIsupposedtotellthep

antaprototyperightaway.Hey.Youbusy?YoumindifIsendyouonanerrand?Ineedyoutogotomyoffice.You'regoingtohackintothemainframeandyou'regoingtoretrievealltherecentshippingmanifests.Thisisaloc

tofnerveshowingupheretonight.CanIatleastgetareactionfromyo

,always.I'dliketoopenanewprojectfile,indexasMarkTwo.ShallIstorethisontheStarkIndustriesCentralDatabase?Actually,Idon'tknowwhototrustr

vercosteffective.Weknewthatbeforewebuiltit.Arcreactortechnology,that'sadeadend,right?Maybe.AmIright?Wehaven'thadabreakthroughinthatinwhat?-Thirtyyears.-That'swhattheysay.Couldyouhavealousierp

d.Executeevasivemaneuver.Keepgoing!Goodchute!Goodchute!-Tony,youstillthere?-Hey,thanks.

ealtituderecordforfixedwingflightis85,000feet,sir.Recordsaremadetobebroken!Comeon!Sir,thereisapotentiallyfat

k.Well,then,thisisaveryimportantweekforyou,isn'tit?Ifthisisgoingtobemyworkstation,Iwantitwell-lit.Iwanttheseup.Ineedweldinggear.Idon'tcareifit'sacetyleneorpropane.

ctivity.Ithinktheyjust...Peo

tleair?-Yes,Ineedsomeair.-Thatwastotallyweird.-Totallyharmless.Itwas

iningexercise.Isn'tthattheusua

eChristmascoverwastwins.Any

t,youdon't...There'samagnetattheendofit!Thatwasit.Youjustpulleditout.-Oh,God!-Okay,Iwasnotexpecting...-Don'tputitbackin!Don

leftbythelegendaryfounder,until,atage21,theprodigalsonreturnsandisanointedthenewCEOofStarkIndustries.Withthekeystothekingdom,Tonyushersinaneweraforhisfather

isinformationifIbringitbackhere?Samedrill.They'vebeendealingunderthetable,andI'mgoingtostopthem.I'mgoingtofindmyweaponsanddestroythem.Tony,youknowthatI

ctor.Averyastuteobservation,sir.Perhaps,ifyouintendtovisitotherplanets,weshouldimprovetheexosystems.Connecttothesys.co.Haveitreconfiguretheshellmetals.Usethego

nyStarkhasjustgoneup.So,whatarewegoingtodoa

partofasystemthatiscomfortablewithzeroaccountability.-Mr.Stark!-Hey,Ben.Whath

Vinciofourtime.-Whatdoyousaytothat?-Absolutelyridiculous.Idon'tpaint.Andwhatdoyousaytoyourothernickname?"TheMerchantofDeath"?That'snotbad.-Letmeguess.Berkeley?-Brown,actually.Well,

inginterestinthecompany.Tony,theboardhasrights,too.They'remakingthecasethatyouandyournewdirection-isn'tinthecompany'sbesti

...-Okay,okay.-Ireallyneedyourhelphere.Okay.Oh,there'spus!It'snotpus.It'saninorganicplasmicdischargefromthedevice,-notfrommybody.-Itsmells!Yeah,itdoes.T

What'sgoingonhere?Let'sfaceit.Thisisnottheworstthingyou'vecaughtmedoing.Arethosebulletholes?Welcome.ComplimentsofTonyStark.Ifyou'dkilledhimwhenyouweresupposedto,you'dst

lyouaboutthetimeheguessedwrongatspringbreak.Justrememberthat,springbreak,1987.-Thatlovelyladyyouwokeupwith.-Don'tdothat!-Whatwashisname?-Don'tdothat.-Wasitlvan?-Don'tdothat.They'llbelieveit

pickthelock?Youmightwanttotakeafewstepsback.That'sthecoolestthingI'veeverseen.Notbad,huh?Let'sdoit.Youneedmeto

yzethat.Youknow,drawupsomespecs.-No.No,absolutelynot.-It'llgivemeabonetothrowtheboys-inNewYork!-Thisonestayswithm

backatbase.Iwouldn'tdothatifIwereyou.Whatthehelldidyoudotome?

vemeabonetothrowtheboys-inNewYork!-Thisonestayswithme.-That'sit,Obie.Forgetit.-Allright,well,thisstayswithme,then.Goon,here,y

ouplemonths,incaseyoudidn'thear.Isthiswhatyoucallaccountability?It'satowncalledGulmira.Heardofit?-Whenwerethesetaken?-Yesterday.-Ididn'ta

le!Couldbeworse!Couldbeworse!We'refine!Okay.No!Yeah,Icanfly.-Jarvis,areyouthere?-Atyourservice,sir.-E

gear.Idon'tcareifit'sacetyleneorpropane.Ineedasolder

hasjustgoneup.So,whatarewegoingtodoaboutthis?Iknowwhatyou'regoingthrough,Pepper.Tony.Healwaysgetsthegoodstuff,doesn'the?Iwassohappywhenhecamehome.Itwaslikewegothimbackfromthedead.

h!-MissPotts?-Yes.CanIspeaktoyouforamoment?I'mnotp

e'retryingtodo,buthonestly,it'simpossible.TonyStarkwasabletobui

weird.-Totallyharmless.Itwastotallynotharmless,bytheway.We'redancing.Noone'sevenwatching.EverybodywhoIworkwith...No,youknowwhy?Ithinkyoulos

toseethemnow,Stark.It'sokay.Iwantthis.Iwantthis.Thankyouforsavingme.Don'twasteit.Don'twasteyourlife.Myturn.Notbad.Hey!Howwasthe"fun-vee"?Nexttime,your

hat,yougotplans?-Asamatteroffact,Ido.-Idon'tlikeitwhenyouhaveplans.I'mallowedtohaveplansonmybirthday.-It

We'reworkingrightnow.-Youcan'thavesashimiwithoutsake.-Youareconstitutionallyincapableofbeingresponsible.Itwouldbeirresponsiblenottodrink.I'mjusttalkingaboutanightcap.Hotsake?-Yes,two,please

Igetyououtofthedoor.Doesn'titkindofdefeatthewholepurposeofhavingyourownplaneifitdepartsbeforeyouarr

te,indeed.Ijustneedyourhelpforasec.Oh,myGod,isthatthethingthat'skeepingyoualive?Itwas.Itisnowanantique.This

nappointment.Didyouforgetaboutourappointment?Nope,rightnow.Comewithme.-Rightnow?-We'regoingtohaveitrightnow.-Yeah,

.Imean,I'dapologize,butisn'tthatwhatwe'regoingforhere?-Ithoughtofyouasasoldierfirst.-I'manairman.Youhave,actually

yclever,Tony.-Potts?-Tony!Thisisn'tworking.We'regoing

sbeenattributedtoagroupofforeignfightersreferredtobylocalsastheTenRings.Asyoucansee,thesemenareheavilyarmedandonamission.Amissionthatcouldprovefataltoanyonewhostandsinthe

theirlandsbywarlordsemboldenedbyanew-

oundslikesomeonesteppedinanddidyourjobforyou,huh?Whydoyousoundoutofbreath,Tony?I'mnot,Iwasjustjogginginthecanyon.-Ithoughtyouweredriving.-Right,Iwasdrivingtothe

fTonyStark.Ifyou'dkill

elievable.-Oh,no!Didtheyropeyouintothis?-Nobodyropedmeintoanything!-I

acturingisonlyonesmallpartofwhatStarkIndustriesisallabout,andourpartnershipwiththefireandrescuecommuni

erestinthecompany.Tony,theboardhasrights,too.They'r

e,willhelp.He'sallyours.Whatthehellwasthat?Wereweclearedtogointhere?No,theywereusinghumanshields.Wenevergotthegreenlight.PutmethroughtoState.They'regoingtobealloverthis.Getthosemonitorsup!Wego

notas...Well,notasconservativeasyours.ToobadyouhadtoinvolvePepperinthis.Iwouldhavepreferredthatshelived.Whatdoyoumean,hepaidtohaveTonykilled?Pepper,slowdown.WhywouldObadiah.

,you'renotallowedtotalk?Hey,Forrest!Wecantalk,sir.-Oh,Isee.Soit'spersonal?-No,youintimidatethem.GoodGod,you'reawoman.Ihonestly...Icouldn'thavecalledthat.Imean,I'dapologize,butisn'tthatwhatwe'

regoingtohaveagreatquarter.What'stheworldcomingtowhenaguy'sgottocrashhisownparty?Lookatyou.Hey,whatasurprise.I'llseeyouinside.Hey.Listen,takeitslow,allright?IthinkIgottheboardrightwherewewantthem.You

henhecamehome.Itwaslikewegothimbackfromthedead.NowIrealize,well,Tonyneverreallydidcomehome,didhe?Heleftapartofhimselfinthatcave.Breaksmyheart.Well,he'sa

ualhasbeenlost.Nowaythat'saUAV.Whatisit?Ican'tseeanything.Whateveritwas,itjustboughtthefarm.Ithinkbogey'sbeenhandled,sir.-Hello?-Hi,Rhodey,it'sme.-It'swho?-I'msorry,itisme.Youaske

oreachthevitalorgans.-Whatisthis?-Thatisanelectromagnet,hookeduptoacarbattery,and

tonerecommendation!Ready?Ready?Sell,sell,sell!Abandonship!DoestheHindenburgringanybells?LetmeshowyouthenewStarkIndustriesbusinessplan!Look,that'saweaponscompanythatdoesn'tmakeweapons

wdidtheygetmyguns?Doyouunderstan

hardtimenotlookingatyounow.Isthatweird?Comeon,it'sokay,laugh.-Sir,Ihaveaquestiontoask.-Yes,please.Isittruey

rtablewithzeroaccountability.-Mr.Stark!-Hey,Ben.Whathappenedoverthere?Ihadmyeyesopened.IcametorealizethatIhavemoretooffe

vemeanexplodedview.Thecompressionincylinderthreeappearstobe

es,refugeeswhocanonlywonderwho,ifanyone,willhelp.He'sallyours.Whatthehellwasthat?Wereweclearedtogointhere?No,theywereusinghumanshields.Wenevergotthegreenlight.PutmethroughtoState.They'regoingtobeall

lane.Whatareyoutryingtogetridofmefor?What,yougotplans?-Asamatteroffact,Ido.-Idon'tlikeitwhenyo

hewillsetyoufree.-No

equired.Stane!Ilovethissuit!-Putthemdown!-Collateraldamage,Tony.DivertpowertochestRT.Powerreducedto19%

hem.Tony,youknowthatIwouldhelpyouwithanything,butIcannothelpyouifyou'regoingtostartallofthisagain.Thereisnothinge

Iwantyoutobeapartof

crops?Allthosebreakthroughs,militaryfunding,honey.Youeverloseanhourofsleepyourwholelife?I'dbepreparedtoloseafewwithyou.Goodmorning.It's

veshowingupheretonigh

tifIhad...-Tony.Tony,nomoreofthis"ready,fire,aim"business.-Youunderstandme?-ThatwasDad'sline.Yougottale

uknow,wemightbemoreproductiveifyouincludemeintheplanningprocess.Okay,wedon'tneedthis.Whatisthat?That'spalladium,0.15grams.Weneedatleast1.6,sowhydon'tyougobreakdown

,I'mworkingonsomethingbig.Icametotalktoyou.Iwantyoutobeapartofit.You'reabouttomakeawholelotofpeoplearoundhererealhappy,'causethatlittlestuntatthepressconference,thatwasadoozy.Thi

erdesignedforsustainedflight.Keepmeposted.Pepper!-Tony!Tony,areyouokay?-I

fall...-Hey,comeon.Inpublic.Thepress.-Thiswasaboardofdirectorsmeeting.-Thiswasaboardofdirectorsmeeting?Theboardisclaimingyouhaveposttra

door,forkright,33steps,turnright.Yinsen!Yinsen!Stark!Saysomething.Saysomethingbacktohim.-He'sspeakingHungarian.Idon't...-ThenspeakHungarian.-Okay.Iknow.-Whatdoyouknow?-How'd

tofashort.It'sfine.

lculationsneededbeforeanactu

rd,you'dbedeeplyhonored.OfcourseI'dbedeeplyhonored.Andit'syou,that'sgreat.-Sowhendowedoit?-It'srighthere.-Hereyougo.-There

They'vebeendealingunderthetable,andI'mgoingtostopthem.I'mgoingtofindmyweaponsanddestroythem.Tony,youknowthatIwouldhelpyouwithanyth

emonths.TherearetwothingsIwanttodo.IwantanAmericancheeseburger,-andtheother...-That'senoughofthat....isnotwhatyouthink.Iwantyoutocallforapressconferencenow.-Callforapressconference?-Yea

ingonthebooks.Howaboutthe24that7:00p.m.atSta

aman'sdice.-Comeon,honeybear.Thereitis.LieutenantColonelRhodesrolls!And...Twocraps.Linea

good.Next.Up.Notintheboot,Dummy.Ri

oblem?Icingproblem?Mightwanttolookintoit.Twopercent.Wearenowrunningonemergencybackuppower.-Potts!-Tony!Oh,myGod,areyouokay?I'malmostoutofpower.I'vegottogetoutofthisthing.I'llberightthere

ore.Okay,nowmakesurethatwhenyoupullitout,youdon't...There'samagnetattheendofit!Thatwasit.Youjustpulleditout.-Oh,God!-Okay,Iwasnotexpecting...-Don'tputitb

slikeit'sgonnabeanearlyChristmas.Hey!Waytogo,myboy!I'llseeyoutomorrow,yeah?Whyaren'tyouwearingthosepajamasIgotyou?Goodnight,Tony.-Hey,Tony.-I'msorry,thisisthe"fun-ve

on'tblowonaman'sdice.-Comeon,honeybear.Thereitis.LieutenantColonelRhodesrolls!And...Twoc

rolls!And...Twocraps.Lineaway.-That'swhathappens.-Worsethingshavehappened.Ithinkwe'regonnabefine.Colormeup,William.-ThisiswhereIexit.-Allright.Tomorrow,don'tbelate.-Yeah,youcan

at'sapictureofmeandmydad.Rightthere.Inthegarbage.Allthatstuff.Thefutureofaircombat.Isitmannedorunmanned?I'lltellyou,inmyexperience,nounmannedaerialvehiclewillev

upforanupgradedunit,andIjustranintoalittlespeedbump.-Speedbump,whatdoesthatmean?-It'snothing.It'sjustalittlesnag.There'sanexposedwireunderthisdevice

ernotice,whydon'twejustkeepeverythingonmyprivateserver?Workingonasecretproject,arewe,sir?Idon'twantthiswindingupinthewronghands.Maybeinmine,itcanactuallydosomegood.Next.Up.Notintheboot,Du

tries!I'vegotonerecommendation!Ready?Ready?Sell,sell,sell!Abandonship!DoestheHindenburgringanybells?LetmeshowyouthenewStarkIndustriesbusinessplan!Look,that'saweaponscompanythatdoesn'tmakeweapons!Pep

eycanfindintheruinsofothervillages,orhereintheremnantsofanoldSovietsmeltingplant.Recentviolenceha

Mr.Stark?-Thatwillbeall,MissPotts.Hey,Butterfingers,comehere.What'sallthisstuffdoingontopofmydesk?That'smyphone,that'sapictureofmeandmydad.Rig

oyouthinkloc

htnow?-We'regoingtohaveitrightnow.-Yeah,walkwithme.-Okay.I'mgoingtogivey

andIwillseethemwhenIleavehere.Andyou,Stark?-No.-No?Soyou'reamanwhohaseveryt

it,Obie.Forgetit.-Allright,well,thisstayswithme,then.Goon,here,youcanhaveapiece.-Taketwo.-Thankyou.YoumindifIcomedownthereandseewhatyou'redoing?Goodnight,Obie.Day11,test37,configuration2.0

ted.Youaresupposedtobehalfwayaroundtheworldrightnow.-How'dshetakeit?-Likeachamp.Whyareyoutryingtohustlemeoutofhere?Yourflightwasscheduledtoleaveanhourandahalfago.That'sfunny,Ithoughtwit

ion.Thanks.Isitbettertobefearedorrespected?Isay,isittoomuc

ugotit?-Okay,Igotit!Igotit!-Okay,yougotit?Now,don'tletittouchthesides

yhead?Yourhead?Whataboutmyhead?Whatdoyouthinktheover-underonthestockdropisgonnabetomorrow?

manufacturingdivisionofStarkInternationaluntilsuchatimeasIcandecidewha

ually...-Ahiccup?Yes,topowerthesuit,sir,thetechnologyactuallydoesn'texist.-Soit's...-Wait,wait,wait.Thetechnology?William,hereisthetechnology.I'veaskedy

dturnofeventsonthegroun

t,andwe'llmakeadate.Youlookfantastic!Ididn'trecognizeyou.-Whatareyoudo

aface.Youpaidustrinketstokillaprince.Showmetheweapon.Come.Leaveyourguardsoutside.H

ck?Youmightwanttotakeafewstepsback.That'sthecoolestthingI'veeverseen.Notbad,huh?Let'sdoit.Youneedmetodoany

youknow...ThebestthingaboutTonyisalsotheworstthing.He'salwaysworking.Workit!Comeon!-Weshouldjuststaytillthemorning.-Youareunbelievable.-Oh,no!Didtheyropeyouintothis?-Nobody

egicHomelandIntervention,EnforcementandLogisticsDivision.God,youneedanewname

filinganinjunction.-Awhat?-Theywanttolockyouout.Why,'causethestocksdipped40points?Weknewthatwas

y...-Hey,Tony,rememberme?-Suredon't.Youlookgreat,Hef.We'regoingtohaveagreatquarter.What'stheworldcomingtowhenaguy'sgottocrashhisownparty?Lookatyou.Hey,whatasurprise.I'llseeyouinside.Hey.Listen,takeit

atI'mtalkingabout.WhenIgetupinthemorningandI'mputtingonmyuniform,youknowwhatIrecognize?Iseeinthatmirrorthateverypersonthat'sgotthisuniformongotmyback!Hey,youknowwhat?I'mnotlikeyou.I'mnotcutout

dtospeaktoyouaboutacouplethingsbeforeIgetyououtofthedoor.Doesn'titkindofdefeatthewholepurposeofhavingyourownplaneifitdepartsbeforeyouarrive?Larrycalled.He'sgo

ands.Iwishyoucould'veseenmyprototype.It'snotas...Well,notasconservativeasyours.ToobadyouhadtoinvolvePepperinthis.Iwouldhavepreferredthatshelived.Whatdoyoumean,hepaidtohaveTonykilled?Pepper,sl

negative.-Cannotidentify.GetmeColonelRhodesfromWeaponsDevelopmentdownherenow!WerananIDcheckandcr

ofheat.Iwantyoutopromisemethatyou'regonnalaylow.StarkIndustries!I'

chargefromthedevice,-notfrommybody

oo.They'remakingthecasethatyouandyournewdirection-isn'tinthecompany'sbestinterest.-I'mbeingresponsible!That'sanewdirectionforme,forthecompany.Imean,meonthecompany'sbeha

iketoopenanewproject

ightifeveryonesatdown?Whydon'tyoujustsitdown?Thatwayyoucanseeme,andIcan...Alittl

hat?Iwasnaivebefore,when

gage.Hitit.Thatbogeyjustwentsupersonic.Igo

ience,nounmannedaeria

"ready,fire,aim"business.-Youunderstandme?-ThatwasDad'sline.Yougot

day'spaper?Yes.Doyoumind?-N

lcome.ComplimentsofTonyStark.Ifyou'dkilledhimwhenyouweresupposedto,you'dstillhaveaface.Youpaidustrinketstokillaprince.Showmeth

ldidyoudotome?WhatIdi

ockedyouout?Iwastheonewhofiledtheinjunctionagainstyou.ItwastheonlywayIcouldprotectyou.No.No.T

atedsummacumlaudefromMIT.Then,thepassingofatitan.HowardStark'slifelongfriendandally,ObadiahStane,stepsinto

kay.-I'mgonnamakethisokay.-Let'shope.Okay,you'regonnaattachthattothebaseplate.Makesureyou...Wasthatsohard?Thatwasfun

ingthesuit!Youfinally

yousoundoutofbreath,Tony?I'mnot,Iwasjustjogginginthecanyon.-Ithoughtyouweredriving.-R

eam.Doyouunderstand?There'snothingwecan'tdoifwesticktogether,likeyourfathe

verthis.Getthosemonitorsup!Wegotabo

twaitformetogetthere.Tony,IneedtospeaktoyouaboutacouplethingsbeforeIgetyououtofthedoor.Doesn'titkindofdefeatthewholepurposeofhavingy

gotaweaponsdepotthatwasjustblownupafewclicksfromwhereyouwerebeingheldcaptive.Well,that'sahotspot.Soundslikesomeonesteppedinanddidyourjobforyou,huh?Whydoyousoundoutofbreath,Tony?I'mno

ll!-Whatyoureading,platypus?-Nothing.Comeon,sourpa

oyoureallythinkthatjustbecauseyouhaveanidea,itbelongstoyou?Yourfather,hehelpedgiveustheatomicbomb.Now,whatkindofworldwoulditbetodayifhewasasselfishasyou?Oh,it'sbeautiful.Ton

.Yinsen!Yinsen!Stark!Saysome

whatwedokeepstheworldfromfallingintochaos.NotbasedonwhatIsaw.We'renotdoingagoodenoughjob.Wecandobetter.We'regonnadosomethingelse.Likewhat?Youwantustomakebabybottles?I

catteredclouds.Thesurfconditionsarefairwithwaist-to-shoulderhighlines.Hightidewillbeat10:52a.m.Tony?Hey,Tony?Youarenotauthorizedtoaccessthisarea.-Jesus.-

it!-Putthemdown!-Collateraldamage,Tony.DivertpowertochestRT.Powerreducedto19%.Lady!No,no,no,no,no,no!For30years,I'vebeenholdingyouup!Ibuiltthiscompanyfromnothin

ocalsastheTenRings.Asyoucansee,thesemenareheavilyarmedandonamission.Amissionthatcouldprovefataltoanyonewhostandsintheirway.Withnopoliticalwillorinternationalpressure,there'sverylittlehopef

king.Idon'twantany.That'swhatI'mtalkingabout.Wh

inthis.Iwouldhavepreferredthatshelived.Whatdoyoumean,hepaidtohaveTonykilled?Pepper,slowdown.WhywouldObadiah...Okay,where'sTonynow?Idon'tknow.He'snotansweringhisp

tcrossit."Thisishowwedobusiness."Ifwe'redouble-dealingunderthetable...Arewe?Tony,yourpicture,please!Let'

e.Willdo,sir.Allright,whatdoyousay?Ihaveindeedbeenuploaded,sir.We'reon

nkitwastakenthatway.Becauseitmakesmelookliketheonewho'stryingto...-Ijustthinkyou'reoverst

onsideration,theJericho.I'llbethrowingoneoftheseinwitheverypurchaseof500millionormore.Topeace!-Tony.-Obie,whatareyoudoingup?Icouldn'tsle

Healwaysgetsthegoodstuff,doesn'the?Iwassohappywhenhecameho

ic,Urdu,Dari,Pashto,Mongolian,Farsi,Russian.-Whoarethesepeople?-Theyareyourloyalcustomers,sir.Theycallt

egicHomelandIntervention,EnforcementandLogisticsDivision.God,youneedanewnameforthat.Yeah,Ihearthatalot.Listen,Iknowthismustbeatryingtimeforyou,butweneedtodebriefyou.There'

tocardiacarrest'causeyouyankeditoutlikeatrout...-What?Yousaiditwassafe!-Wegottahurry.Takethis.Taket

mpleteanswer.-Thedoctorhastolookatyou.-Idon'tha

sterbypassbutton.It'sgoingtofryeverythinguphere.Okay.I'mgoinginnow.Makes

.ThebestthingaboutTonyisalsotheworstthing.H

hevirtualwalk-around?Importingpreferencesandcalibratingvirtualenvironment.Doacheckoncontrolsurfaces.Asyouwish.Testcomplete.Preparingtopowerdownandbegindiagnostics.Yeah.Tellyouwhat.Doaweatheran

rthday.-It'syourbirthday?-Yes.Iknewthat.Already?Yeah.Isn't

omeon,you'regonnagoseeyourfamily.Getup.Myfamilyisdead.I'mgoingtoseethemnow,Stark.It'sokay.Iwantthis.Iwantthis.Than

unbeforeyoucanwalk.Ready?Inthree,two,one.Handleslikeadream.Allright,let'sseewhatthisthingcando.What'sSR-71'srecord?Thealtitudereco

tmakesmelookliketheonewho'stryingto...-Ijustthinkyou'reoverstatingit.-Youknow,andwe'rehere,andthenI'mwearingth

uiltthiscompanyfromnothing!Nothingisgoingtostandinmyway.Leastofallyou!Impressive!You'veupgradedyourarmor!I'vemadesomeupgradesofmyown!Sir,itap

ossit."Thisishowwedobusiness."Ifwe'redouble-dealingunderthetable...Arewe?Tony,yourpicture,please!L

Yesorno.Isitagoodrepresentationofhisspringperiod?No.TheSpringswasactuallytheneighborhoodinEastHampton

Thealtituderecordforfixedwingflightis85,000feet,sir.Recordsaremadetobebroken!

tyFairmagazine.CanIaskyouacoupleofquestions?-She'scute.-She'sallright?-Hi.-Hi.-

'rethemostcapable,qualified,trustworthypersonI'veevermet.You'regonnadogreat.Isittoomuchofaproblemtoask?'CauseI'm...-Okay,okay.-Ireallyneedyourhelphe

stthingyou'vecaughtmedoing.Arethosebulletholes?Welcome.ComplimentsofTonyStark.Ifyou'

ad.-Suredoesn't.Oh,boy.Itwouldhavegonebetterifyouwerethere.Youtoldmetolaylow.That'swhatI'vebeendoing.-Ilaylow,andyoutakecareofall...-Hey,comeon.Inpu

amorespecificfocus.WeneedtodebriefMr.Starkaboutthecircumstanceso

me?Stayput.Nice.You'reofnobenefitatall.Movedowntothetoe.Igot

nter."Comeoverhereandbuttonmeup.Okay.Allright.Everyotherhexbolt.-They'recoming!-Nothingpretty,justgetitdone.-Justgetitdone.-They'recoming.Makes

efine.Colormeup,William.-ThisiswhereIexit.-Allright.Tomorrow,don'tbelate.-Yeah,youcancountonit.-I'mserious!Iknow,Iknow.RenderuntoCaesarthatwhichisCaesar's.Thereyougo.Mr.

ithamorespecificfocus.Weneedto

r.Findanexcusetoletoneoftheseoffthechain,andIpersonallyguaranteeyouthe

yourshoeswithoutme.-I'dmakeitaweek.Sure.-Really?What'syourSocialSecuritynumber?-Five.-Five?-Right.-Right.You're

ation,theJericho.I'llbethrowingoneoftheseinwitheverypurchaseof500millionormore.Topeace!-Tony.

y,sir,andthat'swhatwe'retryingtodo,buthonestly,it'simpossible.TonyStarkwasabletobuildthisinacave!Withaboxofscraps!Well,I'msorry.I'mnotTonyStark.Tony?Tony,areyouthere?Hell

ashort.It'sfine.-Whatdoyouwantmetodo?-Putthatonthetableoverthere.-Thatisirrelevant.-Oh,myGod!Iwantyoutoreachin,andy

erusingproposedspecifications?Thrillme.Tonigh

w,atatechnicalconferenceinBern.-Idon'tremember.-No,youwouldn't.IfIhadbeenthatdrunk,Iwouldn'thave

tofashort.It'sfine.-Whatdoyouwantmetodo?-Putthatonthetableoverthere.-Thatisirrelevant.-O

se,putthebalanceofpowerinourhands.Therighthands.Iwishyoucould'veseenmyprototype.It'snotas...Well,notasconservativeasyours.ToobadyouhadtoinvolvePepperinthis.Iwouldhavepreferredthatshelived.Whatdoyo

eaponisoneyouneverhavetofire.Irespectfullydisagree.Iprefertheweaponyouonlyhavetofireonce.That'showDaddidit.That'showAmericadoesit.Andit'sw

-Suredon't.Youlookgreat,Hef.We'regoingtohaveagreatquarter.What'stheworld

espectyourself,-soIknowyoudon'trespectme.-Ires

ortheunexpectedturnofe

reparingtopowerdownandbegindiagnostics.Yeah.Tellyouwhat.DoaweatherandATCcheck.Startlisteninginonground

areheavilyarmedandonamission.Amissionthatcouldprovefataltoanyonewhostandsintheirwa

atwasDad'sline.Yougottaletmehandlethis.We'regonnahavetoplayawholedifferentkindofbal

thecar,notthecar!Table!Couldbeworse!Couldbeworse!We'refine!Okay.No!Yeah,Icanfly.-Jarvis,areyouthere?-Atyourservice,sir.-EngageHeadsUpDisplay.-Ch

sus.-That'sJarvis.Herunsthehouse.I'vegotyourclotheshere.They'vebeendry-cleanedandpressed,andthere'sacarwaitingforyououtsidethatwilltakeyouanywhereyou'

hat'sfunny,Ithou

nderstandbecauseyou'reyou.Andeverybodyknowsexactlywhoyouareandhowyouarewithgirlsandallofthat,whichiscompletelyfine.But,youknow,thenme,you'remyboss,-andI'mdancingwith

amIinyourway?Up.Screwit.Don'tevenmove.Youareatragedy.Okay,let'sdothisright.Startmark,halfameter,andbackandcenter.Dummy,lookalive.You'reonstandby

yourAchilles'heelinthispartofthewor

en,Iquit.YoustoodbymysidealltheseyearswhileIreapedtheb

twithouttheplane

ntany.That'swhatI'mtalkingabout.WhenIgetupinthemorningandI'mputtingonmyuniform,youknowwhatIrecognize?Iseeintha

eygetmyguns?Doyouunderstan

wanttoseeit.-O

hywouldObadiah...Okay,where'sTonynow?Idon'tknow.He'snotansweringhisphone.Pleasegooverthereandmakesureeverything'sokay.Thankyou,Rhodey.Iknowashortcut.Goodboy.Tony?T

'llgetbacktoyouwiththefollow-up.-Whereishe?-He'sinside.Well,that...Thatwentwell.DidIjustpaintatargetonthebackofmyhead?Yourhead?

eeif10%thrustcapacityachieveslift.Andthree

theirhomes,displacedf

y.Iampleasedtoreportthatthepilotwasno

heseoffthechain,andIpersonallyguaranteeyouthebadguyswon'tevenwanttocomeoutoftheircaves.Foryourconsideration,theJericho.I'llbethrowingoneoftheseinwitheverypurchaseof500milliono

self,Tony!You'dhavemadeyourfatherproud!It'sready,Tony!Getofftheroof!Tony!Howironic,Tony!Tryingtoridtheworldofweapons,yougaveititsbestoneever!-Pepper!-AndnowI'mgoingtokillyouwit

dStarkquicklystolethespotlightwithhisbrilliantanduniquemind.Atagefour,hebuilthisfirstcircuitboard.Atagesix,hisfirstengi

missilesystemtoincorporateourproprietaryrepulsortechnology.Theysaythebestweaponisoneyouneve

dustries'FreedomLine.It'sthefirstmissilesystemtoincorporateourproprieta

.You'regood.IthoughtIlostyoubackthere.Youdid,s

etup.Myfamilyisdead.I'mgoingtoseethe

aytogo,myboy!I'llseeyoutomorrow,yeah?Whyaren'tyouwearingthosepajamasIgotyou?Goodnight,Tony.-Hey,Tony.-I'msorry,thisisthe"fun-vee."The"hum-drum-vee"isba

it'sabouttobeginrightnow.I'mnotareporter.I'magentPhilCoulson,withtheStrategicHomelandIntervention,EnforcementandLogisticsDivision.-That'squiteamouthful.

atMr.Starkrequires,including,occasionally,

hthatinmind,IhumblypresentthecrownjewelofStarkIndustries'FreedomLine.It'sth

No,hewon't.I'msurethey'relookingforyou,Stark.Buttheywillneverfindyouinthesemountains.Look,whatyoujustsaw,thatisyourlegacy,Stark.Yourlife'swork,inthehandsofthosemurderers.Isthathowyouwanttogoout

'snotbad.-Letmeguess.Berkeley?-Brown,actually.Well,Ms.Brown,it'sanimperfectworld,butit's

on,honeybear.Thereitis.LieutenantColonelRhodesrolls!And...Twocraps.Lineaway.-That'swhathappens.-Worsethingshavehappened.Ithinkwe'regonnabefine.Colormeup,William.-ThisiswhereIexit.-Allright.Tomo

tthis?Iknowwhatyou'regoingthrough,Pepper.Tony.Healwaysgetsthegoodstuff,doesn'the?Iwassohappywhenhecamehome.Itwaslikewegothimb

toMr.TonyStark.Tony?-Thankyou,Colonel.-Th

its.WhenIgetclearoftheroof,I'llletyouknow.You'regoingtohitthemasterbypassbutton.It'sgoingtofryeverythinguphere.Okay.I'mgoinginnow.Makesureyouwaittill

ugo.-Thereitis.Thatwaseasy.-Hereyougo.-Thereitis.Thatwaseasy.-I'msosorry.-Yeah,it'sokay.Wow!Wouldyoulookatthat?That'ssomethingelse.Idon'thaveanyofthosefloatingaround.W

,thesonofleg

otabogey!-Wasn'tAirForce!-WegottheCIAontheline?I'vegotLangleyontheline.Theywanttoknowifit'sus.No,i

I'mnotlikeyou.I'mnotcutout...No,no.Youdon'thavetobelikeme!Butyou'remorethanwhatyouare.CanyouexcusemeifI'mabitdistractedhere?No!Youcan'tbedistractedrightnow!Listentome!General.Welcome,Mr.Stark.

ess.-Youunderstandme?-ThatwasDad'sline.Yougottaletmehandlethis.We'regonnahavetopla

westnumericheading.AndwhatdoyouplantodowiththisinformationifIbringitbackhere?Samedrill.They'vebeendealingundertheta

.He'sallyours.Whatthehellwasthat?Wereweclearedtogointhere?No,theywereusinghumanshields.Wenevergotthegreenlight.PutmethroughtoState.They'regoingtobealloverthis.Getthosemonitorsup!Wegotabogey!-W

don'tcareifit'sacetyleneorpropane.Ineed

ergeant,clearahole.-Hello?-Tony?-Who'sthis?-It'sR

n.Tonydoesn'tknowhowluckyheis.Thankyou.Thanks.I'dbett

s?-Yes.CanIspeaktoyouforamoment?I'm

ght,thatabilitytolookintoasituationbeyondtheobviousanddiscernitsoutcome,orapilot'sjudgment.Colonel?Whynotapilotwithouttheplane?Lookwhofelloutofthesky.Mr.T

n11.Tellmewhenyouseeaprogressbar.-Itshouldbeuprightnow.-Yes.Talktome.Tellmewhenyouseeit.-Ihaveit.-PressControl"l".-"I."Gotit.-"I.""Enter.""l"and"Enter."Comeoverher

tis85,000feet,sir.Recordsaremadetobebroken!Comeon!Sir,thereisapotentiallyfatalbuildupoficeoccurring.Keepgoing!Higher!Weicedup,Jarvis!Deployflaps!Jarvis!Comeon,wegottobreaktheice!Ki

atandfourtimesthesizeoftheRomanEmpire.Buttoday,whoeverholdsthelatestStarkweaponsrulestheselands.Andsoon,itwillbemyturn

vasivemaneuver.Keepgoing!Goodchute!Goodchute!-Tony,youstillthere?-Hey,thanks.Oh,myGod,youcrazysonofabitch.Youowemeaplane.Youknowthat,right?Yeah,well,

eeks.Whateverthecasemaybe,nooneexpectsanappearancefromhimtonight.Therenderiscomplete.Alittleostentatious,don'tyouthink?WhatwasIthinking?You'reusuallysodiscreet.Tellyouwhat.Throwalittl

-That'swhatIdo.-Letmefinishthis.-Initializethepowersequence.Okay.-

smyreaction.'CauseIwasreferringtoyourcompany'sinvolvementinthislatestatrocity.Yeah.Theyjustputmynameontheinvitation.Idon'tknowwhattotellyou.Iactuallyalmostboughti

cetokillTonyStarkhasjustgoneup.So,whatarewegoingtodoaboutt

nisoneyouneverhavetofire.Irespectfullydisagree.Iprefertheweaponyouonlyhavetofireonce.That'showDaddidit.That'showAmericadoesit.Andit'sworkedoutprettywellsofar.Findanexcusetoletoneoftheseoffthechain,

tcanactuallyd

yeah,I'mdrivingwiththetopdown.-Yeah,well,I

mpanythatdoesn'tmakeweapons!Pepper.Howbigareyourhands?-What?-Howbigareyourhands?-Idon

k-doesn'tmeanitwentbad.-Suredoesn't.Oh,boy.Itwouldhavegonebetterifyouwerethere.Youtoldmetolaylow.That'swhatI'vebeendoing.-Ilaylow,andyoutakecareofall...-Hey,comeon.Inpublic.Thepress.-Thisw

-WegottheCIAontheline?I'vegotLangleyontheline.Theywanttoknowifit

e...StrategicHomelandIntervention,EnforcementandLogisticsDivision.Go

there.-Hereyougo.-Thereitis.Thatwaseasy.-Hereyougo.-Ther

y?Tony?Tony?Tony?Tony!Tony!Youokay?-Where'sPepper?-She'sfine.She'swithfiveagents.They'reabouttoarrestObadiah.That'sn

beforebedtime.-Icanseethat.-I'dliketoshowyoufirst-hand.AllIwantisaseriousanswer.Okay,here'sserious.Myoldmanhadaphilosophy,"Peacemeanshavingabiggerstickthantheotherguy."Th

itagain.41stepsstraight

epeople?-Theyareyourloyalcustomers,sir.TheycallthemselvestheTenRings.Youknow,wemightbemoreproductiveifyo

vingme.Don'twasteit.Don'twasteyourlife.Myturn

underExecutiveFiles.Ifnot,theyputitonaghostd

espontaneously.Juststanddown!Ifsomethinghappens,thencomein.Andagain,let'sbringitupto2.5.Three,two,one.Okay,thisiswhereIdon'twanttobe!Not

thisverypres

entintomyactivewarzone.-Y

nightcap.Hotsake?-Yes,two,please.-No.I'mnotdrinking.Idon'twantany.That'swhatI'mtalkingabout.WhenIgetupinthemorningandI'mputtingonmyuniform,youknowwhatIrecogni

e'sacomplicatedperson.He'sbeen

togotomyassistant,andwe'llmakeadate.Youlookfantastic!Ididn'trecognizeyou.-Whatareyoudoinghere?-Justavoidinggovernmentagents.-Areyoubyyourself?-Yes.

s.Doyouwantit?Yesorno.Isitagoodrepresentationofhisspringperiod?No.TheSpringswasactuallytheneighborhood

hatisanexcellentquestion.Yesandno.Marchan

igger.HowdoyouthinktheMarkOnechestpieceisgoingtoholdup?Thesuit'sat48%powerandfalling,sir.Thatchestpiecewasneverdesignedfor

ing,sir.Thatchestpiecewasneverdesignedforsustainedflight.Keepmeposted.Pepper!-Tony

doingontopofmydesk?That'smyphone,that'sapictureofmeandmydad.Rightthere.Inthegarbage.Allthatstuff.Thefutureofaircombat.Isitmannedorunmanned?I'lltell

tnecessary,people.Justatraining

ngsmarterweapons,advancedrobotics,satellitetargeting.Today,TonyStarkhaschangedthefaceoftheweaponsindustrybyensuringfreedom

e.But,yousee,itwasjustfatethatyousurvivedthat.Youhadonelastgoldeneggtogive.Doyoureallythinkthatjustbecauseyouhaveanidea,itbelongstoyou?Yourfat

.Wow!Wouldyoulookatthat?That'ssomethingelse.Idon'thaveanyofthosefloatingaround.We'regonnaletitride!Givemeahand,willyou?Givemealittlesomething-someth

Tearsofjoy.Ihatejobhunting.-Yeah,vacation'sover.Whereto,sir?-Takeustothehospital,please,Happy.-No.No?Tony,youhaveto-gotothehospital.-Noisacompleteanswer.-Thedoctorhastolookatyou.-Idon'tha

y.Ifyoudousemeagain,andI'mnotonfire,I'mdon

Andhe'shealthierthanever.We'regoingtohavealittleinternaldiscuss

why,effectiveimmediately,Iamshuttingdownthewea

nwherehelivedandworked,-not"spring"liketheseason.-So?Ithinkit'safairexample.Ithinkit'sincrediblyoverpriced.Ineedit.Buyit.Storeit.Okay.TheMITcommencementspe

-Actually...-Ahiccup?Yes,topowerthesuit,sir,thetechnologyactuallydoesn'texist.-Soit's...-Wait,wait,wait.Thetechnology?William,hereisthetechnolo

t?-Nope!-Bogeyspotted!-Whiplash,comeinhot.-Okay,good,'causeI'mstaringatonerightnow,andit'sabouttobeblowntokingdomcome.That'smyexit.Ballroom,thisisWhiplashOne.I'vegotthebogeyinmysigh

thereight.-Howaboutalittleair?-Yes,Ineedsomeair.-Thatwastotallyweird.-Totallyharmless.Itwastotallynotharmless,bytheway.We'redancing.Noone'sevenwatching.EverybodywhoIworkwith...No,youknowwhy

lewouldalsocallthatwarprofiteering.Tellme,doyouplantoreportonthemillionswe'vesavedbyadvancingmedicaltechnologyorkeptfromstarvationwithourintelli-crops?Allthosebreakthroughs,militaryf

esfromWeaponsDevelopmentdo

ny.We'reateam.Doyouunderstand?There'snothingwecan'tdoifwesticktogether,likeyourfatherandI.I'msorryIdidn'tgiveyouaheads-up,okay?-ButifIhad...-Tony.Tony,nomoreofthis"ready,fire,aim"business.-Youunde

erstandme?-ThatwasDad'sline.Yougottaletmehandlethis.We'regonnahavetoplayawholedifferentkindofballnow.We'regoingtohavetotakealotofheat.Iwan

asIthinking?You'reusuallysodiscreet.Tellyouwhat.Throwalittlehot-rod

elfishasyo

sinaneweraforhisfather'slegacy,creatingsmarterweapons,advancedrobotics,sat

tpus.It'saninorganicplasmicdischargefromthedevice,-notfrommybody.-Itsmells!Yeah,itdoes.T

tgoes"beep."-Whatdoyoumean,"Operation"?-It'sjustag

nthecanyon.-Ithoughtyouweredriving.-Right,Iwasdrivingtothecanyon,whereI'mgoingtojog.Yousur

HesaystheyhaveeverythingyouneedtobuildtheJerichomissile.Hewantsyoutoma

uthe...-I'mjustindifferentrightnow.-Hottowel?Youdon'trespectyourself,-soIknowyoudon'trespectme.-Irespectyou.I'mjustyourbabysitter.So,whenyoune

stjogginginthecanyon.-Ithoughtyouweredriving.-Right,Iwasdriv

efollow-up

destruction.AndnowthatI'mtryingtoprotectthepeoplethatIputinharm'sway,you'regoingtowalkout?You'regoingtokillyourself,Tony.I'mnotgoingtobeapartofit.Ishouldn'tbealive,unles

onwhatIsaw.We

sline.Yougottaletmehandlethis.We'regonnahavetoplayawholedifferentkindofballnow.We'regoingtohavetotakealotofheat.Iwantyoutopromisemethatyou'regonnalaylow.StarkIndustr

ir.Perhaps,ifyouintendtovisitotherplanets,weshouldimprovetheexosystems.Connecttothesys.co.Haveitreconfiguretheshellmet

telyridiculous.Idon'tpaint.Andwhatdoyousaytoyourothernickname?"TheMerchantofDeath"?That'snotbad.-Letmeguess.Berkeley?-Brown,actually.Well,Ms.Brown,it'sanimperfectworld,buti

ithourintelli-crops?Allthosebreakthroughs,militaryfunding,honey.Youeverloseanhourofsleepyourwho

?Stayput.Nice.You'reofnobenefitatall.Movedowntothetoe.Igotthis.Okay,I'msorry,amIinyourway?Up.Screwit.Don'tevenmove.Youareatragedy.Okay,let'sdothisright.Startmark,halfameter,andbackandcen

ustboughtthefarm.Ithinkbogey'sbeenhandled,sir.-Hello?-Hi,Rhodey,it'sme.-It'swho?-I'msorry,itisme.Youasked.Whatyouwereaskingaboutisme.No,see

ethings.Let'sjustputsomethingont

ntrols.We'regonnastartoffniceandeasy.We'regonnaseeif10%thrustcapacityachieveslift.Andthre

andeasy.We'regonnaseeif10%thrustcapacityachieveslift.Andthree,two,one.Uptwo.Allright,setthat.I'vebeenbuzzingyou

hatcouldrunyourheartfor50lifetimes.Yeah.Orsomethingbigfor15minutes.-Thisisourticketoutofhere.-Whatisit?Flattenthemoutandlook.Oh,wow.Im

anything!-I'msosorry.-ButtheytoldmethatifIpresentedyouwithanaward,you'dbede

k.Ifyou'dkilledhimwhenyouweresupposedto,you'dstillhaveaface.Youpaidustrinketstokillaprince.Showmetheweapon.Come.Leav

-I'msorry,

hanything,butIcannothelpyouifyou'regoingtostartallofthisagain.Thereisnothingexceptthis.There's

.Okay,wedon'tneedthis.Whatisthat?That'spalladium,0.15grams.Weneedatleast1.6,sowhydon'tyougobreakdowntheother11?Careful.Careful,weonlygetoneshotatthis.Relax.Ihavesteadyhands.Whydoyouthinkyou'restill

course.Takecare.Ms.Potts?Wehadanappointment.Didyouforgetabouto

spected?Isay,isittoomuchtoaskforboth?Withthatinmind,IhumblypresentthecrownjewelofStarkIndustries'FreedomLine.It'sthefirstmissilesystemtoin

holdingthemupt

nwithourintelli-crops?Allthosebreakthroughs,militaryfunding,honey.Youeverloseanhourofsleepyourwh

izeofAlexandertheGreatandfourtimesthesizeoftheRomanEmpire.Buttoday,whoeverholdsthelatestStarkweaponsrulestheselands.Andsoon,itwillbemyturn.Whatdoeshewant?Whatdoy

evirtualwalk-around?Importingpreferencesandcalibratingvirtualenvironment.Doacheckoncontrolsurfaces.Asyouwish.Testcomplete.Preparingtopowerd

eraldamage,Tony.Divertpower

satellitetargeting.Today,TonyStarkhaschangedthefaceoftheweaponsindustrybyensuringfreedomandprotectingAmericaandherinterestsaroundtheglobe.AsliaisontoStarkIndustries,I'vehadtheuniq

dup?Thesuit'sat48%powerandfalling,sir.Thatchestpiecewasneverdesigne

bells?LetmeshowyouthenewStarkIndustriesbusinessplan!Look,that'saweaponscompanythatdoes

nthisbeforeyougetontheplane.Whatareyoutryingtogetridofmefor?What,yougotplans?-Asamatteroffact,Ido.-Idon'tlikeitwhenyouhaveplans.I'mallowedtohaveplansonmybirthday.-It'syourbirthday?-Yes.Iknewthat.Alre

atarewegoingtodoaboutthis?Iknowwhatyou'reg

edyourhelphere.Okay.Oh,there'spus!It'snotpus.It'saninorganicplasmicdischargefromthedevice,-notfrommybody.-Itsmells!Yeah,itdoes.Thecopperwire.The

e'regoingtohaveagreatquarter.What'stheworldcomingtowhenaguy'sgottocrashhisownparty?Lookatyou.Hey,whatasurprise.I'llseeyouinside.Hey.Listen,takeitslow,allright?IthinkIgo

rld,butit'

ncertHall,whereTonyStark'sthirdannualbenefitfortheFirefighter'sFamilyFundhasbecometheplacetobeforL.A.'shighsociety.Jarvis,wegetaninviteforthat?Ihavenorecordofaninvitation,sir....hasn'tbeen

metomaximumaltitude.Withonly15%power,theoddsofreachingthat...Iknowthemath!Doit!Sir,you'renotgoingtobelievethis.Thatthingisback.GetmeMajorAllen.Scrambleth

retime!Tony.Whodoyouthinklockedy

it?-Yes.ShallIrenderus

'sbringitupto2.5.Three,two,one.Okay,thisiswhereIdon'twanttobe!Notthecar,not

eapiece.-T

Youcan'thavesashimiwithoutsake.-Youareconstitutionallyincapableofbeingresponsible.Itwouldbei

tentome.-No.Whatyouneedistimetogetyourmindright.-I'mserio

dhelpyouwithanything,butIcannothelpyouifyou'regoingtostartallofthisagain.Thereisnothingexceptthis.There'snoartopening.T

.Thatdoesn'tlooklikeaJerichomissile.That'sbecauseit'saminiaturizedarcreactor.Igotabigonepoweringmyfactoryathome.Itshouldkeeptheshrapneloutofmyheart.Butwhatcouldit

gative.-Cannotidentify.GetmeColonelRhodesfromWeaponsDevelopmentdownherenow!WerananIDcheckandcross-referencedwithal

retryingtodo,buthonestly,it'simpossible.TonyStarkwasabletobuildthisinacave!Withaboxofscraps!Well,I'msorry.I'mnotTonyStark.Tony?Tony,areyouthere?Hello?Breathe.Easy,easy.Yourememberthisone,right?It'sas

lhelpsteertheworldbac

anywoundslikethatinmyvillage.Wecallthemthewalkingdeadbecauseittakesaboutaweekforthebarbstoreachthevitalorgans.-Whatisthis?-Thatisanelectromagnet,hookeduptoacarbattery,andit'skeepingtheshrapnelfromen

swhatIwastryingtotellyoubefore.Okay,nowmakesurethatwhenyoupu

.-Well,yourcompanydid.Well,I'mnotmycompany.-Please,doyoumind?-Haveyouseen

atonthetableoverthere.-Thatisirrelevant.-Oh,myGod!Iwantyoutoreachin,andyou'rejustgonnagentlyliftthewireout.-Isitsafe?-Yeah,itshouldbefine.It'slikeOperation.Youjustdon'tletittoucht

s.Like,atleastthreeolives.Twovodkamartinis,extradry,extraolives,extrafast.Makeoneofthemdirty,willyou?Wow.TonyStark.-Oh,hey.-Fancyseeingyouhere.-Car

ference?-Yeah.-Whatonearthfor?-Hogan,drive.Cheeseburgerfirst.Lookatthis!Tony.-Weweregoingtomeet

Thiswasalwaystheplan,Stark.Comeon,you'regonnagoseeyourfamily.Getup.Myfamilyisdead.I'mg

oderndayHeartofDarkness.Simplefarmersandherdersfrompeacefulvillageshavebeendrivenfromtheirhomes,displacedfromtheirlandsbywarlordsemboldenedbyanew-foundpower.Villagershavebeenforcedtotakeshelterinw

ceandeasy.Seriously,justgonnastartoffwith1%thrustcapacity.Andthree,two,one.Okay.Pleasedon'tfollowmea

enseeninpublicsincehisbizarreandhighlycontroversialpressconference.Someclaimhe'ssufferingfromposttraumati

dinaweek.Well,then,thisisaveryi

-ThatthingjusttookoutanF-insidealegalnoflyzone!WhiplashTwo,ifyouhaveac

hatdoyouwantmetodowiththis?-That?D

y.Juststanddown!Ifsomethinghappens,thencomein.Andagain,let'sbringitupto2.5.Three,two,one.Okay,thisiswhereIdon'twanttobe!

assembly.Estimatedcompletiontimeisfivehours.Don'twaitupforme,honey.WeaponsmanufacturingisonlyonesmallpartofwhatStarkIndustriesisallabout,andourpartners

What'swrong?Nothing,I'mjustgoingintocardiacarrest'causeyouyankeditoutlikeatrout.

id.Ifhewasconflicted,ifheeverhaddoubts.Ormaybehewaseveryinchthemanweallrememberfromthenewsreels

nsofothervillages,orhereintheremnantsofanoldSovietsmeltingplant.Recentviolencehasbeenattributedtoagroupo

fit.Thereisnothingtosign.Thereisthenextmissionandnothingelse.Isthatso?Well,then

nginnow.MakesureyouwaittillIcleartheroof.I'llbuyyousometime.Thislook

nanddidyourjobforyou,huh?Whydoyousoundoutofbreath,Tony?I'mnot,Iwasjustjogginginth

esky.Mr.TonyStark.-Hello,sir.-Speakingofmannedorunmanned,yougottagethimtotellyouaboutthetimeheguessedwrongatspringbreak

tinthecompany.Tony,theboardhasrights,too.They'remakingthecasethatyouandyournewdirection-isn'tinthecompany'sbestinterest.-I'mbeingresponsible!

eIreapedthebenefitsofdestruction.AndnowthatI'mtryingtoprotectth

erence,butit'sabouttobeginrightnow.I'mnotareporter.I'magentPhilCoulson,withtheStrategicHomelandInterventio

..Icouldn'thavecalledthat.Imean,I'dapologize,butisn'tthatwhatwe'regoingforhere?-Ithoughtofyouasasoldierfirst.-I'manairman.Youhave,actually,excellentbonestru

at.Isittoomuchofaproblemtoask?'CauseI'm...-Okay,okay.-Ireallyneedyourhelphere.Okay.Oh

ey,youknowwhat?I'mnotlikeyou.I'mnotcutout...No

ronsoldiers.Technology.It'salwaysbeenyourAchilles'heelinthispartoftheworld.Don'tworry.It'llonlylastfor15minutes.That'sthel

youtosignthisbeforeyougetontheplane.Whatareyoutryingtogetridofmefor?What,yougotplans?-Asamatteroffact,Ido.-Idon'tlikeitwhenyouhaveplans.I'mallowe

,let'sfinishuphere.SetupSectorunderneaththearcreactor,andI'mgoingtowantthisda

othat.-Wasitlvan?-Don'tdothat.T

rivenfromtheirhomes,displacedfromtheirlandsbywarlordsemboldenedbyanew-foundpow

Howdidtheygetmyguns?Doyouunderstandme?DoasIdo.Hesays,"Welcome,TonyStark,themostfamousmassmurderer"inthehistoryofAmerica."Heishonored.

people.Justatraininge

harmless,bytheway.We'redancing.Noone'sevenwatching.EverybodywhoIworkwith...No,youknowwhy?Ithinkyoulostobjectivity.Ithinktheyjust.

That'swhatIdo.

llhim?-Great.I'llberightup.Okay.It

we'redouble-dealingunderthetable...Arewe?Tony,yourpicture,please!Let'stakeapicture.Comeon.Picturetime!Tony.Whodoyouthinklock

Right.You'remissingjustacoupleofdigitsthere.Theothereight?SoI

t,yougotplans?-Asamatteroffact,Ido.-Idon'tlikeitwhenyouhaveplans.I'mallowedtohaveplansonmybirthday

Isittoomuchofaproblemtoask?'CauseI'm...-Okay,okay.-Ireallyneedyourhelphere.Okay.Oh,there'spus!It'snotpus.It'saninorgani

Idon'thaveanyonebutyou.Anyway...-Whatdoyouwantmetodowiththis?-That?Destroyit.Incine

on'twantany.That'swhatI'mtalkingabout.WhenIgetupinthemorningandI'mputtingonmyuniform,youknowwhatIrecognize?Iseeinthatmirrorthateverypersonthat'sgotthisuniformongotmyback!Hey,youknowwh

Storeit.Okay.TheMITcommencementspeech...IsinJune.Ple

givealectureonintegratedcircuits.Wherearewe?Comeon,standup.Standup!JustdoasIdo.Comeon,putyourhandsup.Thosearemyguns.Howdidtheygetmyguns?Doyouunderstandme?Doa

ereandbuttonmeup.Okay.Allright.Everyotherhexbolt.-They'recoming!-Nothingpretty,justgetitdone.-Jus

ldingthemuptoanyonewhowillstop.Achild'ssimplequestion,"Wherearemymotherandfather?"There'sverylittlehopefortheserefugees,refugeeswhocanonlywonderwho,ifanyone,willhelp.He'sallyours.Whatthehellw

utedtoagroupofforeignfightersreferr

ofmaterials.Hesaysforyoutostartworkingimmediately,andwhenyou'redone,hewillsetyoufree.-No,hewon't.-No,hewon't.I'msurethey'relookingforyou,Stark.Buttheyw

ndahalf.-Itdoesn'tmatter.Weownthecontrollinginterestinthecompany.Tony,theboardhasrights,too.They'remakingthecasethatyouandyournewdirection-isn'tinthecomp

ng.-Really?-Yeah.Rhodey,I'mworkingonsomethingbig.Icametotalktoyou.Iwantyoutobeapartofit.You'reabouttomakeawholelotofpeoplearoundhererealhappy,'causethatlittlestuntatthepressconference

lbeintheshop.Hey,hey!Hey,Tony.Listen.I'mtryingtoturnthisthingaround,butyougotta

epsintohelpfillthegapleftbythelegendaryfounder,until,atage21,theprodigalsonreturnsandisanointedthenewCEOof

ogize,butisn'tthatwhatwe'regoingforhere?-Ithoughtofyouasasoldierfirst.-I'manairman.Youhave,actually,excellentbonestructure,there.I'

sedtoreportthatthepilotwasnotinjured.AsfortheunexpectedturnofeventsonthegroundinGulmira,itisstillunclearwhoorwhatintervened,butIcanassureyouthattheUnitedStatesgovernmen

eagents.They'reabouttoarrestObadiah.That'snotgoingtobeenough.Section16.Section16.Thereitis.Mykey'snotworking.It'sno

llyou?Wow.TonyStark.-Oh,hey.-Fancyseeingyouhere.-Carrie.-Christine.-Carrie.-Christine.That'sright.Youhavealotofnerveshowingupheretonight.CanIatleastgetareactionfromyou?Panic.Iwouldsaypanicismyreacti

hearcreactor,that'sapublicitystunt!Tony,comeon.Webuiltthatthingtoshutthehippiesup!-Itworks.-Yeah,asascienceproject.Thearcwasnevercos

hisonyourMySpacepage

l,I'mgoingtogotomyassistant,andwe'llmakeadate.Youlookfantastic!Ididn'trecognizeyou.-Whatareyoudoinghere?-Justavoidinggovernmentagents.-A

whatdoIdo?What'sw

atwedo.We'reironmongers.Wemakeweapons.It'smynameonthesideofthebuilding.Andwhatwedokeepstheworldfromfallingintochaos.NotbasedonwhatIsaw.We'renotdoingagoodenoughjob.Wecandobetter.We'r

,Mongolian,Farsi,Russian.-Whoarethesepeople?-Theyareyourloyalcustomers,sir.Theycallt

right,well,thisstayswithme,then.Goon,here,youcanhavea

great.Youokay?Don'tever,ever,ever,everaskmetodoanythinglikethateveragain.Idon

elandwhatajoyitistoreceivethisveryprestigiousaward.Tony,youknow...ThebestthingaboutTonyisalsotheworstthing.He'salwaysworkin

proachedalreadybytheDOD,theFBI,theCIA...We'reaseparatedi

ation.Thanks.Isitbettertobefearedorrespected?Isay,isittoomuchtoaskforboth?Withthatinmind,IhumblypresentthecrownjewelofStarkIndustrie

atwouldtaketheedgeoff.Iactuallydon'tthinkthatyoucouldtieyourshoeswithoutme.-I'dmakeitaweek.Sure.-Really?What'syourSocialSecuritynumber?-Five.-Five?-Right.-Right.You'remissingjusta

uknowthatIwouldhelpyouwithan

it.Paintit.Commencingautomatedas

tifIwereyou.Whatthehelldidyoudotome?WhatIdid?WhatIdidistosaveyourlife.IremovedalltheshrapnelIcould,butthere'salotleft,andit'sheadedintoyou

ebuiltasuit.Getoutofthererightnow!Wheredoyouthinkyou'regoing?Yourservicesarenolongerrequired.Stane!Ilovethissuit!-Putthemdown!-Collateraldamage

OD,theFBI,theCIA...We'reaseparatedivisionwithamorespecificfocus.WeneedtodebriefMr.Starkaboutthecircumstancesofhisescape.-I'llputsomethinginthebook,shallI?-Thankyou.Hey,woulditbeallrigh

I'mgoingtofindmyweaponsanddestroythem.Tony,youknowthatIwouldhelpyouwithanything,butIcannothelpyouifyou'regoingtostartallofthisagain.Thereisnothingexceptthis.There'snoarto

odesfromWeaponsDevelopmentdownherenow

ject.Alotofpeople,includingyourprofessorsatBrown,wouldcallthatbeingahero.Andalotofpeoplewouldalsocallthatwarprofiteering.Tellme,doyouplantorepo

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ktotheplan!Yinsen!-Yinsen!-Watchout!Stark.Comeon.Wegottogo.Moveforme,comeon.Wegotaplan.We'regonnasticktoit.Thiswasalwaystheplan,Stark.Comeon,you'regonnagoseeyourfami

dsUpDisplay.-Check.Importallpreferencesfromhomeinterface.Willdo,sir.Allright,w

hatwhichisCaesar's.Thereyougo.Mr.Stark!Excuseme,Mr.Stark!ChristineEverhart,VanityFairmagazine.CanIaskyouacoupleofquestions?-She'scute.-She'sallright?-Hi.-Hi.-Yeah.O